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WOODLAWN CEMETERY 






" How must a spirit, late escaped from earth, — 
The truth of things 7iew blazing in his eye, — 
Look back astonished on the ways of men, 
Whose lives' whole drift is to forget their graves 1 " 

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BOSTON: 
HIGGINS AND BRADLEY, 

20, Washington Street. 
1856. 






Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by 

H. W. FULLER, 

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. 



BOSTON: 

printed by john avilson and son, 

22, School Street. 



INTRODUCTION. 



rpmS little book, hastily prepared, and originally intended 
for the proprietors of lots in Woodlawn Cemetery, is now 
offered to the public, in the hope that, with its illustrations and 
selections, it may not be unacceptable. 

Since the consecration of this beautiful Garden of the Dead, 
no guide-book or directory relating thereto has been published. 
Meanwhile great improvements have been made, and much 
interest has been excited among persons familiar with the place. 
To extend this interest, and to supply such information and sug- 
gestions as may be needed to proprietors, citizens, and strangers, 
this waif is cast abroad. 

The sketches by Mr. R. D. Wilkie, engraved by Mr. 
John Andrew, have been printed by Mr. R. M. Edwards in 
a superior manner; and with the Extracts, which are of a 
high order, will, we trust, be duly appreciated, and render 
ornamental and attractive what might otherwise be deemed a 
business matter. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The public taste has become so refined on the subject of 
rural cemeteries, that the clanger now is that too many and too 
small ones may be undertaken. The contrast between the un- 
attended, weedy, and neglected grounds of our forefathers, and 
the neat, tasteful, and ever-guarded rural depositories which of 
late years have attracted so much attention, is so marked, that 
we demand the modern treatment. But is it not the evidence 
which we see of constant vigilance, delicacy, and care, rather 
than the spot itself, which affords us gratification? These can 
be had only at great cost ; to meet wliich, a large patronage 
and population are required, and consequently an extensive 
territory. 

Mount Auburn, Forest Hills, and Woodlawn, each contain 
more than one hundred acres. Small rural cemeteries may 
succeed for a time, but must eventually fall into neglect. 
Nothing less than a concentrated and liberal support, from a 
great multitude of persons, can sustain a rural cemetery of the 
first class ; and such Woodlawn aspires to be. 



Boston, June 2, 1856. 



CONTENTS. 



Pare. 

Address, by the Eev. George E. Ellis 9 

Order of Exercises at the Consecration 34 

Situation of Woodlawn 38 

Approaches to Woodlawn 39 

Gate-house 41 

Rustic Well-house 42 

Rules and Regulations 43 

Great Tower 44 

Abraham's Sacrifice U'il/is 46 

Receiving-tombs 47 

All must die 48 

AV^hat is the Time for Death V L. D. G. i9 

Peace of Mind! Goldsmilh 50 

Shrink not, Human Spirit ! . . . . X,ib Mmiihhj Magazine 50 

1 opened not my Mouth B. Barton 50 

Life cometh of Death Bryant 51 

Nethebwood Avenue 52 

Wood and Lawn l/Jioce, and Miss GoiiM 53 

Fop>est-walk j\. G. Gould 54 



CONTENTS, 



Page. 

WooDsiDE Avenue and Gothic Avenlk 55 

Benjamin Farnum, Lot of 55 

Edward Pratt, Lot of 56 

Edgewood Path 56 

Monument to George H. Estee 57 

Monument to William W. Roulstone 57 

Franklin Engine Company, Charlestowx, No. 7 .... 57 

John Smith, Fireman, Notice of 59 

Warren Fire Company, Charlestown 59 

Andrew Jackson 59 

Virtue alone survives Ikrhert 60 

Chester Adams, Esq 61 

Deacon Josiah Bacon 61 

Lots near the Arch 62 

Rustic Arch 63 

Chapel Hill 64 

SYLVIiNDER FOKKISTALL, CiIII.DRI.N OF 65 

Ginko-trees 44, C5 

Hall Monument 66 

Friend after Friend departs Montt/omery 67 

Currier Family, Notice of 67 

John Sanborn, Lot of, and Lncidknt 67 

The Seed must die — The Dkwdkop Trench 68 

Tears IJ. Barton 69 



Is THERE NO ResTING-PLACI: V . . . 


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Heaven 


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];arth and Heaven 


Miss Gould 71 



CONTENTS. Vll 



Page. 

John M. Brown, Lot of 72 

FiKST-BArxisT Church Lot 72 

Eev. Dr. Stillman — Why mourn vkV 72,73 

Simon G. Shipley 74 

Thomas Ditson, Lot of 75 

Stat, Weeping Mother! 76 

Baldwin-Place Lot — Rev. Dr. Tucker 77 

JIethodist-Episcopal Church Lot 78 

Mount-Tabor Masonic Lodge 78 

Central-Square Baptist-Church Lot, K. !'> 78 

Rev. H. a. Graves — Mrs. Graves — Mrs. Sykks . . . .80 
"There is a Reaper, whose Name is Death" . . Loiif/ftUoio 81 

First Tenant of Woodlawn — Mariners' Lot 83 

" Look aloft " J. Lawrence, jun. 85 

Field of Ephron — Garden of Evergreens . . . . 86, 87 

" Sleep, little Cherub," &c. — other Extracts 88 

"Blessed are they that mourn" — other Pieces ... 89, 90 

Netherwood Pond 91 

Elm Hill — Peace — Hope and the Rose — Life . . . 92-95 

Pilgrim's Song 3Iiss Goukl 96 

The Route — The Future — Care of Lots 97-99 

Information as to Lots 99-102 

Fencing, Monuments, &c 103 

Tombs and Vaults — Interments 104,105 

Communications with Woodlawn 106 

' Omnibus — Bridges — Superintendent 107 

Prices 108 



VIU CONTENTS. 



Page. 

Avenues 109 

Paths Ill 

Pkoprietoks 112 

Officers of the Cokpokation 125 



The Woodlawn Cemetery org<anized Aug. 31, 1850. 

Grounds consecrated July 2, 1851. 

Corporation confirmed and established April 27, 1855. 

By special Act of the Legislature, then approved. 



ADDRESS 



DELIVERED, JULY 2, 18,51, AT THE CONSECRATION, 



THE REV. GEORGE E. ELLIS. 



WE have come together from our living homes to set 
apart these fresh acres of the earth as a resting- 
place for the dead. The most cheerful influences of nature 
are around us and over us. Our theme is not a cheerless 
one, save to the unthinking and the undevout, who omit 
from their view of life its divine element, and see in its 
close only the termination both of happiness and of hope. 
Our theme has lessons as bright and soothing as are 
these present aspects of nature : the heart is sensitive to 
some precious emotions which no other theme can stir. 
The cool water-course flows beside us ; the trees wear their 
summer garb ; the sun is performing his flaming ministry 
of life ; the birds enjoy their brief day ; the glorious 
expanse above us spreads as wide as does our largest 
hope. "We have been educated by the spirit and the les- 

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sons of a faith which has rolled away the stone from the 
sepulchre, and brought immortality to light. 

Appropriate rites, the solemn hymn, the uplifted prayer, 
the thoughts and words which the occasion and place call 
forth, the calm and seemly spectacle which we now make 
and look upon, are to leave a spell upon these scenes. 
We trust that these acres will find no other use than as 
the last bed for mortal clay, while the present bounds of 
civilization remain. Though very near to us are now 
incessantly in motion the thousand sounds of the busiest 
scenes which the surface of the whole earth can present, 
their din and turmoil are silenced here. The dead and 
the living will not be too far apart for such communication 
between them as necessity and sympathy will require. 
But these green slopes which skirt the horizon are the 
proper boundaries of this spot. There are still some 
broad acres amid these busy regions which have wit- 
nessed only the toils of healthful husbandry. Their 
annual crops have nourished the living. Birds and 
squirrels have still a home here, and we give them leave 
to remain. 

We have come to consecrate this broad enclosure, 
its green turf, its forest-thickets, its water-courses and 
fountains, its quiet seclusion, and every shrub and flower 
which shall grow here. And what is the consecration of 
this spot ? Now, while the sod has as yet been pierced 



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for but a single grave,* we consecrate it by devoting it to 
its destined purpose ; for that is to our minds a sacred 
purpose. We consecrate it by passing over its fenced 
bounds in the hushed and meditative mood which our 
thoughts here Avear. We consecrate it by connecting 
with it now those lessons, tender, sad, and yet elevating, 
which, we trust, will be deepened year after year in un- 
numbered breasts, — each lingering over its own most 
cherished parcel of earth, the shrine of its own remem- 
brances and loves. Henceforward it will receive a fuller 
consecration from the dust which it shall gather, and from 
the mourners who shall follow it hither. When, from 
those clustering homes which sweep the horizon around 
us, shall have been brought here, one by one, the honored, 
the useful, the cherished, the little babe or its mother, 
the father, lover, bride or friend, the silent forms of the 
youthful or the aged ; and when from those homes these 
buried treasures, not forgotten, though mysteriously veiled, 
shall draw hitherwards the meditative steps of survivors, 
— then shall these scenes be truly consecrated. All that 
is deep and constant in human affection shall prove its 
power here. That little secret stream which fills the 
tear-channel of the human eye, and which is dried up 



* The first interment was made in these grounds on the afternoon of the day 
preceding that of their consecration. 



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only when they that weep are themselves bewept, shall 
here pour forth its precious drops. Each sod shall by and 
by receive its nutriment from those tears. The harvests 
of every autumn shall increase their gatherings here. 
And when the spring unlocks the fetters of winter, faith 
shall here brighten and console the hearts of the submis- 
sive and the trustful. The prayers that shall here be 
breathed into the air will be as many and as fervent as 
have been caught by the walls of the oldest temple. And 
this will be consecration. 

The most ancient records of man's life on the earth 
present us with three chief tokens to mark the possession 
of a portion of its surface as an abiding-place of human 
families : the well of water, the altar of worship, the 
tomb or cave for the dead. With what an impressive 
power — the force and beauty of simple truth — does 
that combination of the well, the altar, and the tomb, 
affect us ! They lead us back upon the tide of ages, and 
bring us to the first habitable spot of the earth. The altar 
rising above the soil, the well and the grave beneath it, 
express to us the three great natural wants of man. Life's 
chief necessity, its divine law, its inevitable issue, are thus 
presented to the eye and to the mind. Amid our ten thou- 
sand wants, behold the three which crown them all, and 
one of those three the body's lonely and everlasting couch ! 
The well-spring gathering its crystal drops from the secret 



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depths of the earth, and receiving them back again when 
man had used them and a heavenly distillation had re- 
newed their purity, was a token that near to it grass 
would grow, and man and beast find sustenance. The 
rude altar-stone, which no tool had touched, was raised 
upon some overlooking summit : kneeling around it, the 
patriarchal family called upon themselves the name of God, 
and thus recognized that everlasting, that universal truth, 
the basis of all clear thought, knowledge and science, as 
well as of all religion, — that this earth, and all its elements 
and tribes, depend upon the loftier influences of the sky, 
and owe allegiance to the unseen Centre and Source of 
powei', whence comes forth the energy that controls and 
blesses. When the life that had been nourished by food 
and water, and kept mindful of a divine oversight by the 
altar, came to its appointed close, there lay a cold and 
changing body, a forsaken tenement ; and the mourner 
said, " Let me bury my dead out of my sight." Then 
the dust returned to the earth as it was. 

There is a charm in those pastoral images which come 
up before our minds, as we read of the ancient wells of 
Canaan. The fervor and glow of true worship, as an 
exercise apart from all but the heart's own attitude, kin- 
dles through our spirits, as we read of the altars upon 
Horeb, Bethel, Carmel, Zion, and Gerizim, and upon 
every other summit over which the pilgrimages of the 



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patriarchs led them. But what can surpass in tender 
pathos that scene and those words in which the aged 
Jacob, dying in Egypt, turns away in loathing from its 
mummy tombs, as he remembers the resting-place of his 
family, and gives to his sons a commandment concerning 
his bones ? — "I am to be gathered unto my people : bury 
me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of 
Machpelah, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought 
with the field of Ephron the Hittite, for a possession of a 
burying-place. There they buried Abraham, and Sarah 
his wife ; there they buried Isaac, and Rebekah his wife ; 
and there I buried Leah." The tent for the living was 
movable ; but the well, the altar, and the tomb, were 
permanent. It was through those three tokens of an 
inalienable possession, as the vouchers of a title, sure and 
sufficient as our modern deeds, that the patriarchal family, 
returning from an accidental though protracted sojourn in 
Egypt, claimed their inheritance in Canaan. 

"Wells, altars, and graves, the earliest, the universal 
tokens of man's presence on the earth, the most essential 
objects of his interest, are also the most enduring of his 
works. They multiply as do the tribes and numbers of 
our race. They retain the same relation to each other and 
to human life, and the same proportion, as of old ; for men 
everywhere need them all alike. Where we find things 
so inseparably related and connected, there is ever a sort 



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of sacred beauty in their union. This relation is to be 
recognized here. The water already flows in a pure 
stream ; the altar of prayer is to stand on yonder rising 
ground ; and all around us are to be graves. 

To these hidden repositories of the earth have been 
committed, age after age, unnumbered multitudes. How 
much of the earth itself is already a cemetery ! How 
large a portion of its material elements has been wrought 
into human bodies ! The idea of a transmigration, of a 
perpetual circuit of spirits, from one to another form, 
higher or lower in the scale of organized life, if but a 
mere fancy as regards the intelligent essence of man, is 
plain fact as regards the substance of human bodies. I 
have spoken of these as fresh acres of the earth, as yet 
unfamiliar with the processes and trophies of man's decay. 
But how know we that ? Who can tell what remains of 
races, before our brief historic age here, may mingle with 
this soil ? It may be as the poet writes, that — 

" This green mould, the mother of bright flowers, 
Was bone and sinew once, now decomposed; 
Perhaps has lived, breathed, walked as proud as we. 
And animate with all the faculties 
And finer senses of the human soul ! 
And now what are they 1 To their elements 
Each has returned, dust crumbled back to dust, 
The sjiirit gone to God ! " 

How healthful is the chemistry of nature's laboratory, 
which can thus dissolve with a gentle but irresistible force 



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all organized forms ! How beautiful are those patient pro- 
cesses of the elements, as they work on kindred materials 
their renewing toils ! God open the eyes of our under- 
standings, and quicken the sensibilities of our hearts, that 
we may enter into this rich Avisdom, and be led up to him, 
its Fount, its Teacher ! 

The whole large compass of human thoughts and feel- 
ings has exhibited itself in the modes of disposing of the 
dead. Passion, affection, fancy, and superstition have had 
in this their freest range, and the philosophy of humanity 
might be illustrated by the views and usages connected 
with the departed of our race. Dread horrors have deep- 
ened the gloom which rests over the last rites of mortality. 
Barbarous ceremonies and cruel sacrifices, bowlings, in- 
cantations, and the appalling frenzies of real or feigned 
despair, have settled over the funeral forms of the darker 
heathenism. The word funeral — derived as it is from 
the word which signifies a torch — still perpetuates a me- 
morial of the ancient custom of midnight burials. Many 
of our sad images of death come from those barbaric 
fashions which we have put aside. And then again, by 
that inconstant action of the human mind, so marked in 
all the devices and conceptions of bewildered man, these 
horrors vanish ; these barbarous rites, these appalling so- 
lemnities, pass like dark clouds lifted up from some sun- 
nier portions of the earth, some tribes or peoples of a 



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gentler and finer fancy. Some of the most delicate and 
beautiful conceptions of poetry, some of the fairest fashion- 
ings of a dreaming brain, images and visions which wear 
the hue of remotest distance under the haze of light and 
shade, cover with the mysterious charm of classic draperies 
the naked form of death. Yet even of these, while they 
contain enough of higher sentiment to prove their affinity 
with the workings of man's nobler part, we must admit 
that they are mingled with mean imaginations and puerile 
fancies, to prove that the spirit was venturously groping 
amid things all unknown, and unillumined by the faith 
which turns to a heavenly country. Comparing the ancient 
heathen devices with the simple proprieties of Christian 
burial, we are reminded that these funeral rites have been 
burdened with all the gloom of superstition, and have been 
cheered by all the radiance of the spirit's brightest hope. 

The various methods which have been employed 
through all time for the disposal of mortal remains, range 
themselves under one or another of three leading purposes 
in the minds of survivors. The first designed to resist or 
delay the dissolution of the body, and had recourse to em- 
balmment. The second sought to hasten that dissolution, 
and, to that end, heaped the funeral pyre and applied the 
torch. The third method committed the body to the 
earth, and left it to the appointed processes and dealings 
of nature. 

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The poor devices of Egyptian art to avert the waste and 
dispersion of the elements of a human body required a 
violent dealing with it which was inconsistent with the 
purpose itself, and have been defeated and sadly mocked 
in the result. The organs of life and breath and thought, 
the heart, the lungs and brain, indeed all but the mere 
muscles and bones of the dead body, were withdrawn, that 
their places might be supplied by gums and spices. So 
that, after all the toil and pain, the linen bandages and 
the sealed coffin preserved only a part of the wreck of a 
human form. Preserved it ! yes ; but how long, and for 
what a fate at last ! — for a fate far less meet and seemly 
than the gentle and sure dealing of the kindly earth, 
which would hide the shame, and manifest only the glory, 
of man. Some of those mummied relics have been torn 
from their ancient vaults to be made gazing-stocks in the 
museums of modern cities : these are supposed to be 
chosen specimens of the royal, the priestly, the mighty, 
and the honored, because of the splendor of their incase- 
ment. But for the millions of the common dead which 
heap the catacombs of Memphis and of Thebes, of Luxor 
and of Karnak, the necessities of the living have found a 
use. The wretched Arab wanderer will prepare his even- 
ing meal this night by a fire kindled from these pitchy 
relics of the elder race of Mizraim. 

Two reasons have been imagined for this Egyptian cus- 



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torn of embalmment : one, that it was designed to prevent 
the distempers or plagues which would have attended the 
corruption of the dead in the crowded regions of a hot 
clime ; the other, a fond belief that the spirit would yet 
return to its forsaken body, and that, so long as its parts 
could be kept together, there would be hope of its re- 
awakening to life. The latter reason is most conformed 
to what we know of the religious opinions of that race and 
age, and of their influence upon the customs of those who 
held them. But who that sees, as we see, the disappoint- 
ment of that doting purpose, — the preservation of the 
body, — could have the heart to entertain it now ? Or 
who would risk his hope of future being on so slender a 
chance for its fulfilment ? 

The rich melodies of the old Greek and Roman poetry 
describe to us the funeral flames which dissolved into 
ashes the old heroes of those classic isles and lands. 
Achilles consumed to ashes the remains of his friend Pa- 
troclus, which were deposited in a golden urn beneath a 
mound, till the ashes of Achilles himself were mingled 
with them, and the friends met again in the shades. Hec- 
tor was burnt before the walls of Troy. Great generals, 
monarchs, and renowned men, were honored with all the 
spectacles and ceremonies which could exalt these obse- 
quies of flame. Luxury and ostentation in ancient Rome 
magnified the funeral rites by burning the dead with 



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polished or fragrant wood, and pouring upon the fire liba- 
tions of wine. The ashes, gathered in an urn, were depo- 
sited in the sepulchre beside the vase that held the tears. 
Chaldea exposed the flesh of the dead to chance or to 
beasts, and was anxious only to preserve their bones. The 
Scythians hung their dead in the air. We read of tribes 
who have used the sea for a burial-place, while others 
have shrunk from its awful caverns. 

The just conclusion, from all the various opinions and 
customs of different people through the whole recorded 
history of our race, has now settled upon interment as the 
natural disposal of the dead. No embalmment will pre- 
serve the body ; and, if it would, wherefore should it be 
preserved? Corruption cannot inherit incorruption. There 
are no objections to the funeral pyre, save that it is unne- 
cessary, as doing at a price what nature will do freely, and 
that it wears the show of a harsh process with mortal clay, 
whose shapings and features have been dear. Scripture 
doth not sentence us to ashes, but to dust, in our burial : 
"Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return." So 
have Jews and Christians, who revere that Scripture, been 
content to allow the dust to return to the earth as it was. 
Turning with loathing from all barbarous rites, from all 
artifices and dreary deceptions of the sight, we have learned 
to adorn with simplicity our Christian burials. The sepa- 
rated and consecrated spaces are called by Germans the 



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" fields of hope ; " by the Dutch, " God's acres ; " but best 
of all by us, our burial-places. 

The necessities of the times, the changed circumstances 
in the modes of civilized life, have demanded these ceme- 
teries. Village churchyards and city burial-grounds no 
longer suffice. But let us not forget or be insensible to 
the uses — the good uses — that are in them. Our own 
English ancestors on this soil were but little influenced by 
considerations of taste in the selection of fields for the 
interment of their dead. Their religious views, and their 
relative estimate of all such matters, would not dispose 
them to give much heed to the adorning of the body's 
resting-place. Convenience was the chief consideration 
with them on this point. It was not their general custom 
to connect the graveyard with the meeting-house. On 
marking out the bounds of a new precinct in the wilder- 
ness, and allotting woodland, upland, and meadow to the 
planters, they generally selected some dreary spot, whose 
sandy soil would make the labors of the spade easy for the 
burial of the dead. Yet those rough beds of earth have 
in their keeping much precious dust. 

But those churchyards, as they are so truly called in 
the smaller villages and hamlets of Old England, how 
beautiful they are ! In such retired spots as those in 
which the population does not increase, and the propor- 
tion between the consecrated ground and the numbers of 



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the villagers is such as to allow to the few that die each 
year their own graves, there is a charm about the church- 
yards which our cemeteries will never have. If the dust 
of the sleepers is there disturbed, it is only that that of rude 
forefathers may mingle with that of their descendants ; 
and this is but a kindly violence. Time and nature, year 
by year, sweeten and smooth enough of the soil to give a 
peaceful bed to the scanty number who " fiill on sleep " 
with each round of the seasons. It is all kindred dust, 
and the children are gathered to the fathers. The old 
church rises with quaint and massy repose, seated firmly 
amid the graves which tell so touchingly of human insta- 
bility. Within, the aged walls and the oaken benches 
have gathered impressive associations. Occasionally, the 
lofty monument of the lord or lady of the manor, or the 
knightly effigies, will perpetuate just enough of Avorldly 
distinctions to show that they are vanity. In the yard 
around the church, full, but not crowded, are the tablets, 
headstones, and memorials of the humbler dead. Who 
that has ever lingered about some of those ancient hamlet 
churchyards, at the close of the Sunday service, has not 
felt the sweetness and pathos of their power ? The vil- 
lagers are spelling out the names of their remote ancestry, 
or recalling the memories of the recent dead, whose ani- 
mosities are hushed, whose love only revives. In the 
lone corner by the wall, rest the chance wayfarers, the 



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strangers who have died in the hamlet, with a mysterious 
or a sad tale connected with their end, but with no kith or 
kin to follow them to their unhonored graves. Yet the 
traditions of the hamlet transmit their story ; and it is told 
and heard by some, each pleasant Sunday of the year. 
The ancient yew-trees cut in fantastic forms, and the ivied 
tower, afford a shelter to the rooks, who succeed to as 
many generations of their own tribe, on the same spot, as 
do their living human companions. Rich in all that can 
adorn a landscape, or mingle wise mementoes with the soil 
of the earth, are those quiet rural churchyards. Soothing 
and holy are their influences to the heart that is touched 
by the common sympathies of humanity. We owe to one 
such lovely spot as choice a gem of poetry as is to be 
found in the English or in any other language, — Gray's 
" Elegy in a Country Churchyard." 

Nor is it to be regretted, that every long-inhabited city 
contains some ancient and crowded spot, whose whole con- 
tents are human dust, decaying tombs, sinking stones, and 
a wild growth of vegetation. These, too, have their use. 
If no longer disturbed in their reluctance to afford room 
for more in their thick-set graves, they are wise monitions, 
selemn sights, for a city. They tell of a fashion which 
does not change ; the fashion which bids us all to put off 
these bodies. They answer a better purpose, and with a 
more gracious method, than did the grim human skull 



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which was set upon an Egyptian banqueting-table. The 
deep, rich foliage which they will nourish may shade the 
failing memorials of the dead, and cover with a garment 
of beauty the beds of their repose. The healthful air will 
draw through them. The timid bird, whose instinct has 
been deceived in them as if they were rural spaces, may 
find in them a place for its nest. The falling leaves of 
autumn will impress their instruction. Winter will spread 
over them its white robe of unsullied snow. Spring will 
there yearly teach the sublime lesson that life is born out 
of death. Let our city burial-grounds remain, unused 
indeed, but inviolate ; tastefully arrayed, and kept in 
seemly order. They seem sometimes to be the only me- 
morials of mortality which some Avho live in cities cannot 
shut out from their view. But when the silent, the sleep- 
ing population of a city outnumbers its living crowds, it is 
time to part the region around between them, and to pre- 
pare cemeteries like this. A burial-ground still in use in 
a large city is an oflfence and a harm ; for then it will 
rather repel than solemnize the living, while it scarce 
secures repose to the dead. 

The ideal of an appropriate resting-place for the dead 
is not difficult to define to the mind, nor to realize by the 
wise use of the means which we have at our service. A 
pure taste, a healthful sentiment, an instructed mind, a 
skilful hand, may plan and execute. Such an ideal will 



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exclude and admit certain features, emblems, decorations, 
and details, according to rules which carry with them their 
own warrant, or are readily approved when Aveighed and 
considered. 

The first aim should be to exclude all gairish tokens of 
display and vanity, all theatrical embellishment, all ex- 
cesses of mere sentiment, all coarse and repulsive emblems 
of the mere materialism of death. Though we say that 
the grave equalizes all mortal distinctions, we do not say 
so truly. Some signs of the distinctions and rivalries of 
life will find expression here : it cannot be otherwise 
where wealth and poverty shall have their graves. Such 
distinctions, so far as they arise from eminent excellences 
of character, or honorable fidelity in discharging the 
higher trusts of existence, ought to be recognized here ; 
for they are part of the wisdom of the grave. Good taste, 
yes, something more simple even than that, will forbid the 
obtrusion here of all eccentricities, all that is barbarous in 
the shapings of the monumental structure, or boastful or 
ill-toned ju the inscription which it may bear. Death 
needs no artificial skill, no ingenuity, no conceit, no 
parade, to invest it with effect. All such exhibitions will 
but detract from its solemnity. 

And, even as to epitaphs, there are some suggestions 
which may be spoken in a still tenantless cemetery, better 
than where in single instances good taste may have been 

4 



violated. Flattering titles, superlative praise, and even 
some expressions of grief or hope, do not become the 
monuments of the dead. In the sacred privacy of a sad- 
dened home, a father or a mother may be spoken of as 
" the very best of parents." Brother, sister, or friend may 
there be extolled as excelling all others, known to the 
fond household c'rcle, in purity, goodness, or fidelity. 
But, if the superlatives and encomiums which express 
thes ' domestic partialities are inscribed upon stone and 
obtruded upon strangers, they may not always awaken the 
right emotion. So also, when those who have not lived 
or died in the esteem and good report of their associates 
are committed to the earth, i ear affection may have trea- 
sured some remembrances of kindness, some good intent, 
some struggling effort, even in them; and the softened 
hearts of the mourning may prompt an epitaph — as often 
an obituary — which \ ill not harmonize with general re- 
pute nor with the grounds of Christian hope. Modest 
silence is better then than the ventures of charity, or the 
prominent suggestion of the large compass of the divine 
mercy. The great hope of affection may be as strong, if 
held within the heart, as if it were chiselled out in marble. 
The philosopher Plato restricted the longest epitaph to four 
verses, and suggested that the poorest soil was most meet 
for human burials. We may approve his former counsel 
rather than the latter. The epitaph of the emperor Adri- 



an's horse is preserved ; but his own has perished, — not, 
we may surmise, because of its modesty or its justice. 

The rules of exclusion, which good taste and the har- 
monies of propriety and consistency will enforce in such 
a cemetery, will not trespass upon the large liberty which 
individual preferences may exercise for variety. Variety 
will be desirable here as elsewheie. The colors of the 
stones from which monuments are hewn are various : so 
may be their shapes, and the emblems which they bear. 
Flowers and trees are diversely fashioned, robed, and 
dyed : so may be their groupings and effects. The slen- 
der or the solid structure, the broken shaft, the conse- 
crated cross, the simple headstone, the single memorial of 
a whole household with the record-page of the family 
Bible transcribed upon it, the urn, the vase, the withering 
flower, the chrysalis, the inverted torch, the winged globe, 
the serpent coiled into a circle, — the ancient emblem of 
unending time, — these do not exhaust variety, though 
they express so much. It is, however, to be remembered 
here, that the effort after singularity or novelty, whether 
shown in dress or manners or literature, or scientific or phi- 
losophical or religious speculations, most frequently fails, 
and in matters of taste produces the most tasteless results. 

While much will depend upon the exclusion from these 
consecrated acres of all that is unbecoming and inappro- 
priate, there is here a wide scope for the heightening of 



28 REV. GEORGE E. ELLIs's ADDRESS. 



natural beauties, and for the introduction of the decora- 
tions of a chaste art. True, we do not have here some of 
the more striking features of bold and grand scenery, 
with its sheer precipices, its overhanging mountain-brows 
and hill-tops, its deep, dark ravines, its abrupt declivities 
and ascents. But neither, on the other hand, is this a flat 
level, a tame, unvaried field, barren and drear. It is ad- 
mirably suited for its destined purpose. This broad en- 
closure scarcely in any portion of it presents a level 
surface. It is varied with gentle undulations, and with 
that rolling line of beauty which attends the ascending 
smoke and the moving cloud. It bears thousands of 
forest-trees in full gi'owth, amid whose roots the secret 
springs of water play, and flow to feed ponds and jets and 
fountains. Distant hills surround it ; and from yonder 
tower may be seen the waters of the harbor and the bay. 
There go the ships, bearing upon the inconstant element, 
and under a heavenly pilotage, the freighted burdens of 
precious wealth from shore to shore ; making them so fit- 
ting emblems of the voyage of existence, whose port of 
departure is life, whose course is over the ocean of time, 
whose harbor is eternity. 

When taste and skill and affection shall have displayed 
their efforts here ; when these fresh road-ways shall have 
been worn by travel, and the little by-paths which are to 
course between the family enclosures shall have been 



KEY. GEORGE E. ELLIs's ADDRESS. 29 



marked out ; when cultivation shall have improved the 
natural, and judiciously introduced the artificial, beauties of 
shrub and flower, of the quarry and the mine, — then will 
the judgment stand well approved which pronounced these 
acres adapted to this use. More than a hundred acres are 
here devoted to the burial of the dead. For what a mul- 
titude will they afford repose ! How can we exaggerate 
the importance or the lessons of a spot of earth which is to 
gather such a congi'egation of the living and the unborn ? 

There is range enough in what is natural and simple to 
secure variety in the arrangement and adornment of this 
spot, to effect all that is desirable in impressions through 
the senses, and to excite those musing exercises of the 
heart and the spirit which convert outward objects into 
inward food. The chief dependence for such effects must 
be upon nature, its own true and unchanging features, its 
bolder outlines, its more delicate shapings, its sublime 
grandeur, its beautiful emblems, its ever-interesting pro- 
cesses to the observant mind. The earth itself, which is 
the scene of all man's mortal joy and striving in life, 
gives him a bed of silence for the everlasting repose of 
his body. The ancient heavens, whose glorious canopy 
was spread above before man's little round of life began, 
will still bend over his place of sepulchre ; and so far as 
they are high above the earth, and larger than its compass, 
will those heavens for ever suggest a home for all departed 



30 REV. GEORGE E. ELLIS'S ADDRESS. 



spirits. God teaches us all by nature ; and we are made 
Avise by constant communion, by sympathy and harmony, 
with it. 

All nature should indeed be consecrated to man, and 
may be consecrated. Nature may stand to man as a vast 
enduring temple, reared for God : the ever-restless waters 
daily renew its baptism ; the smoke of happy homes, and 
each kind breathing of every true heart, is its incense ; 
its ten thousand scenes of industry and duty are so many 
altars ; all faithful lives are accepted offerings ; and these 
resting-places of the dead are like the holy crypts of the 
sanctuary beneath its more trodden ways. Here at mid- 
night, during the storms of winter, will be heard the beat- 
ing of the angry surf upon the lashed beach ; and, if the 
ear of the living is here to listen, how deep will be the 
contrast between the hushed repose of those who sleep 
beneath, and the wild fury of the tempest ! And what is 
such a contrast, compared with that between the dread 
loneliness, the stormy passions, of a heart without hope, 
and the peaceful trust of the spirit which looks upon death 
as the appointed way for entering on a true life ? 

And where do the changing seasons have such power to 
impress us as in an extensive and well-ordered cemetery ? 
The seasons of the year, — how touchingly and instruc- 
tively will they bear in their various lessons to the heart ! 
Here will humanity in all its ages, from the one day or 



REV. GEORGE E, ElJJS's ADDRESS. 31 



hour of infancy, as its all of earthly life, to the aged of 
a century of years, find the same repose. The aspect of 
existence to each will havj partaken of all the changing 
sights which mark a revolution of this earth around the 
sun. To some, existence will have been only spring- 
time, a bright inconstant promise, a budding joy, a seed 
sown in a cold furrow and denied a propitious growth. 
To some, life will have been a summer glory, all bloom 
and fragrance, and half-formed fruit, and half-realized 
hope, but with no maturity, no gathering-in of a perfected 
harvest. Autumn and winter, too, will apply their simili- 
tudes and parables to the ripened sheaves and the season- 
able fruits of those who reach or pass the appointed 
bounds of life. For life and nature illustrate the same 
high wisdom. 

Nor do we deceive ourselves when we yield to the hope, 
that, by gathering around a place of graves all becoming 
adornments, we may do very much to refine our own sen- 
sibilities, to relieve death of some of its derived horrors, 
and to quicken the longing aspirations which sustain our 
faith in an hereafter. All nature hath a death and a resur- 
rection, and every dying seed perpetuates its own life in 
the fruits of its decay. Human language has not ex- 
pressed a more profound or cheerful truth than is con- 
veyed in those words of the Saviour : " Except a corn of 
wheat fall into the ground, and die, it abideth alone ; but. 



if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." The cypress-tree 
should not have been made an ornament and emblem of 
death ; for, though its dark and silent leaves are expres- 
sive of melancholy, and the wood is almost incorruptible, 
the tree bears no fruit. 

That is but a coarse and superficial judgment which 
thinks to impress good lessons by presenting the repulsive 
images of mortality, the frights and horrors of death. 
Those rude devices which were formerly carved upon 
gravestones — the grinning skull, the scythe of time, the 
wasted hour-glass — were more apt to provoke to a pas- 
sionate indulgence in lower pleasures, while life lasted, 
than to rouse the finer sensibilities, whose faithful exercise 
will redeem our brief day. We must learn to free death 
from all these repulsive images. To this end, it is desira- 
ble, that, when a human body has once been interred, it 
be left untouched for ever. Would that there still pre- 
vailed some of the old ritual horror of defilement to guard 
our sepulchres ! Would that the dead might have the 
same undisturbed possession of their resting-places, which 
the law secures to the living on the soil which they have 
occvipied for a biief term of years ! Let us hope that the 
consecration of large cemeteries like this, with the common 
interest which they impart to a large number of persons 
in their care and good ordering, will help, with other influ- 
ences, to substitute Christian for Pagan views of death. 



REV. GEORGE E. ELLIs's ADDRESS. 33 



Thus, then, would we consecrate from this time forth 
these verdant fields around us. We give them up to the 
dead, and to such services to the living as it is in the 
power of the dead still to perform while their bodies shall 
slumber here. This is no place for parties of pleasure, or 
for scenes of revelry. Let the remains of the humblest 
and the loftiest find here an inviolate repose. Let the 
untutored utterances of sorrow from the lowly, as well as 
the more decorous reserve of the refined, be regarded as 
expressing the same sentiment of the same human heart ; 
and so let the rudest memorial, as well as the stateliest 
monument, be hallowed. Let the adornments be chaste 
and becoming. Let the spirit and influences of this ceme- 
tery instil soothing and elevating sentiments into the heart 
of the chance visitor from the living world, while they 
relieve death of all its needless gloom. Let the sacred 
calm of retirement which shall settle over these conse- 
crated fields be a type of that peace which the blessed 
gospel of the Lord Jesus offers to those who " sorrow as 
not without hope." Let the holy sentence inscribed upon 
the gateway comfort the mourners who bring their dead 
hither, and pronounce the great hope of all who shall 
sleep here, — 

" I AM THE Resurrection and the Life ! " 



34 ORDER OF EXERCISES. 



xkx of (Ercrcisci 



I. CHANT — PSALM XXIII. 



11. READING THE SCRIPTURES. 

BY REV. J. P. LANGWORTHY, OF CHELSEA. 



III. PRAYER. 

BY REV. WM. I. BUDDIXGTON, OF CHARLESTOWN. 



IV. ORIGINAL HYMN. 

BY REV. J. H. CLINCH, OF BOSTON. 

Father ! we consecrate to thee 
Valley and hill and rock and tree : 
Here may thy soothing spirit rest, 
Thy peace be felt, thy love confessed. 

Here let the blight of Winter's wing, 
The living breath of opening Spring, 
Speak to the soul that looks to thee 
Of death and immortality. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 35 



Here may the mourner, 'mid these glades, 
These peaceful walks, these solemn shades, 
Behold their charm o'er sorrow thrown, 
And feel their spirit soothe his own. 

Remote from crowds and strifes and woes. 
In Nature's solemn, deep repose, 
Let the dead sleep, — the living come 
To weep in silence o'er their tomb. 

Let homes for living men be made 
In streets where crowding thousands tread ; 
The patriarch's " cave and purchased field " 
For death more fitting mansions yield. 

Through our sad chambers, day by day. 
Death's dreaded form will force its way ; 
But let his graves without be spread, — 
Bind not the living to the dead. 

" Place for the dead ! " the living cry ; 
Free air, wide space, around us lie, — 
Fit home of death, if Thou but deign 
Here, in thy peace and love, to reign. 



36 


ORDER OF EXERCISES. 




V. ADDRESS. 




BY REV. GEORGE E. ELLIS, OF CHARLESTOWN. 




VI. HYMN. 




BY H. W. FTJILEB, ESQ. 


Now smooth we here a sacred bed. 


And 


plant our city for the dead ; 


Not 


with vain pomp or festive cheer. 


But, 


Lord, as dust to dust draw near. 


Here 


shall Affection watch the hour 


"When Spring may drop her earliest flower ; 


And Love, with gifts and perfumes sweet. 


Shall deck and hallow this retreat. 


Here 


may bright Hope her chaplets bring. 


And 


o'er these glades her radiance fling ; 


Andj 


when dark night breathes sad and still. 


i Here 


trim her lamps, — her dews distil. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 37 



When Grief, unsolaced, comes with gloom 
To linger round the garden-tomb. 
May smiling Faith "the stone remove," 
And Joy celestial beam above. 

Then, Lord, appear ! the victory give ! — 
Thou to thyself thine own receive : 
Grant, as we pass Death's portal through, 
The heaven of heavens may fill our view ! 



VII. PRAYER AND BENEDICTION. 



BY HEV. LEVI TUCKER, OF BOSTON. 



38 SITUATION OF WOODLAWN. 




SITUATION OF WOODLAWN. 

WOODLAWN is situate principally in the south-east 
corner of Maiden, but includes a small portion of 
the town of North Chelsea. It contains about one hun- 
dred acres of land, beautifully undulating, with open 
laAvns, sunny glades, a rich soil, and, in several places, 
a dense forest-growth. Its distance from the Chelsea 
Bridge or Ferry is about two miles and a quarter ; from 
Somerville, about two miles ; and from Maiden Centre, 
about one mile and a half. From Boston, by way of 
Chelsea Bridge or Ferry, the distance is about four miles 
and a half. The roads in its vicinity are all good, and 
remarkable for their quietness and rural character. 



THE APPROACHES TO WOODLAWN. 39 



THE APPROACHES. 

At present, the shortest and most agreeable mode of 
reaching the Cemetery from Boston is to go over the 
Chelsea Bridge or Ferry, and, taking Washington Avenue 
in Chelsea, to pass by the " Carey Improvement Com- 
pany's lands " and the " Carter Farm," — into the Pratt 
neighborhood, over which Woodlawn, with its outer sup- 
ports of hills and houses, seems to preside with great 
dignity and grace. By this direction, the visitor enters 
Woodlawn Avenue from the main road, at a point about 
seventeen hundred feet from the Gate-house, towards 
"which it ascends regularly, and by a broad, continuous 
curve, imtil the whole structure is presented before him. 
The width of this approach is fifty feet, with grass bor- 
ders, thirteen feet in width, on either side. It is well 
walled and fenced, and is planted tastefully with elms 
and rare trees, in clumps and scattered, which in a few 
years will produce an imposing effect. Near its lower 
extremity is a fountain, with a jet of fifteen feet. The 
plan of the " Carey Improvement Company " exhibits 
a continuation of this avenue across their lands, keep- 
ing the same width, and under the same name. When 
Woodlawn Avenue shall have been thus extended, the 
distance from Chelsea will be much reduced, and the road 



40 THE APPROACHES. 



be nearly level, with fine views and building lots all 
along its borders. 

An excellent opportunity would then be afibrded for a 
horse-railroad ; and, as a new bridge is now being con- 
structed from East Boston to Chelsea, it would greatly 
accommodate the public. We hope it may be completed 
as proposed, and planted with forest-trees, without great 
delay. An application, however, has been made to the 
County Commissioners to cut down the objectionable hills 
on Washington Avenue ; and it is expected that an order 
will soon be obtained, whereby they will be so reduced 
that an omnibus may pass over this route daily to the 
Cemetery. 

Another approach to Woodlawn, from Boston, is by 
Malden Street (turning off, in Chelsea, to the left at 
the Chelsea Bank, and crossing the Marsh Road, so called, 
into Ferry Street), and thence by Elm Street, as directed 
by the guideboards. 

Elm Street will be easily recognized, by its forming 
a beautiful offset from Ferry Street, towards the east, 
with rows of elm and maple trees, whose high branches, 
interlocked, make an arched passage several hundred feet 
in length. From this charming shadow-pass, an avenue, 
fifty feet in width and about one-fourth of a mile in 
length, leads to Woodlawn. The distance from Chelsea 
by this line is about two miles and a half, and without 



THE GATE-HOUSE. 41 



hills. With the exception of the marsh-road, it is a 
delightful drive, which will be still more attractive when 
trees shall have been planted on the avenue extended ; 
a thing which may be anticipated from the character of 
the gentlemen who own the adjoining estates. It is by 
Elm Street that persons from Somerville, South Maiden, 
Maiden, Medford, and Melrose (and many from Boston, 
Charlestown, and Chelsea), now reach the Cemetery. 



THE GATE-HOUSE. 

The views presented of the Gate-house and Lodge are 
so accurate, that a description seems unnecessary. The 
principal building, fronting south, is fifty-six feet wide, 
and about forty-two feet high ; is of the Gothic style, with 
side-arches, and a centre-arch about twenty-five feet high, 
above which is inscribed the Saviour's cheering declara- 
tion, "I AM THE Resurrection and the Life;" while 
a capped cross forms the top of the steeple. A deep toned 
bell, which is always tolled at a funeral, occupies the 
belfry. In the rear are appended small wings, — one 
of which furnishes a room for visitors, and the other an 
office for the Superintendent. The Lodge adjoining is 
exceedingly neat and convenient, and is occupied by the 
assistant, who has charge of the gate. The entire struc- 

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42 RUSTIC WELL-HOUSE. 



ture, painted and sanded like freestone, is remarkable 
for its harmony and grace. It was designed by Hammatt 
Billings, Esq. 



RUSTIC WELL-HOUSE. 

After passing the gate, the visitor finds himself in 
Entrance Avenue, whose wide borders and ornament- 
al beds, added to its great breadth and easy lines, 
never fail to impress him favorably. It is, indeed, a 
fit introduction to the extensive grounds beyond. The 
travelled way is twenty-four feet in width ; and the 
ample grass border, on the left, is planted with weeping 
ashes, Norway spruces, and various flowering shrubs. 
On the right are small flower-beds, with rhododendrons, 
mahonias, and annuals ; also a rustic Well-house, ren- 
dered attractive by prairie roses, Baltimore bells, and 
other climbers. This has been much admired for its 
simplicity, and serves the useful purpose of giving rest 
and refreshment to those who seek it. It covers, in fact, 
a spring of excellent water. Its pillars are of the red 
cedar, or savin, with branches not closely trimmed ; and 
it is protected on the north by a thicket of trees. 

Near to the Well-house, on a large board representing a 
scroll, are the — 




RUSTIC W E L L - H O U S K 

(K„t,;uice Avenue.) 



REGULATIONS. 43 



REGULATIONS 

CONCERNING VISITORS TO THE WOODLAWN CEMETERY. 

f 

The gates are opened at sunrise, and closed at sunset. 

No money is to be paid to the Gatekeeper. 

Visitors are required to keep off the borders. 

No refreshments -will be admitted, and no smoking allowed. 

Persons making unseemly noises, or conducting themselves impro- 
perly, will be required to leave the grounds, and may be prosecuted. 

No vehicle is to be driven in the Cemetery at a rate faster than a 
■walk. 

No horse is to be left unfastened without a keeper. 

No horse is to be fastened, except at the posts provided for the 
purpose. 

No person shall gather any flowers, tiihtr ivild or cultivated, or break 
any tree, shrub, or plant. 

Any person found in possession of flowers or shrubs will be deemed 
to have tortiously taken them, and may be prosecuted accordingly. 
N. B. — Persons carrying flowers into the Cemetery, as offerings or 
memorials, will notify the Gatekeeper as they pass in ; and, in all other 
cases, they must be left at the gate until the owner passes out. 

No person shall write upon, deface, or injure any fence, monument, 
or other structure, in the Cemetery. 

No person shall discharge fire-arms, or destroy any bird or animal, in 
the grounds. 

Any person, other than a known proprietor, shall, upon request, give 
his name ; and, upon refusal, shall be excluded. 

The Superintendent, the Gatekeeper, and any other person acting 
under them, shall enforce these regulations, and remove any person who 
may violate them. Trespassers are also Hable to be fined not exceeding 
five hundred dollars. 

All persons are requested to give notice of any trespass or \-iolation 
of these regulations ; and no person, who has wantonly violated any of 
them, will be again admitted, even if he shall obtain a ticket. 



44 GEEAT TOWER. 



At present, visitors are permitted to enter the Ceme- 
tery, on foot or In vehicles, without a ticket of admission ; 
It being presumed that all will observe the proprieties of 
the place. 

We come next, in a few paces, to the junction of 
Netherwood and Mount Morlah Avenues, and to the 
beautiful triangle, in which stands, upon a granite pedestal, 
that emblem of fidelity and affection, the St. Bernard dog. 
Behind him rises the rare and wonderful ginko-tree, of 
which only a few specimens exist in this country. The 
sway of the limbs, the construction of the leaf, and its 
leathery texture, are well worthy of observation. The leaf 
is nearly fan-shaped, with radiations from a single point of 
the stem, and not from successive parts of a centre chord. 
Mahonias, japonicas, Swedish junipers, with rhododen- 
drons and mezereons, and other flower-bearers, fill up 
the spare room. 

On the east. Mount Morlah Avenue, gently ascending, 
leads to the — 

GREAT TOWER. 

This massive pile of rocks is about seventy-five feet in 
diameter at the base, and more than thirty feet high, five 
or six feet of the bottom courses being concealed by earth- 
filling. It is solid throughout, and can be easily as- 



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GREAT TOM'ER. 45 



cended by a spiral walk, which commences on the north- 
east side. It is estimated th ;t nearly three miles of 
ordinary stone-wall were consumed in its erection. It 
does not now appear like a modern structure ; and when 
its interstices are filled with ferns and mosses, and its 
huge bowlders are bound together by countless cords of 
woodbine and ivy, and its baldness covered by green 
leaves and lichens and relieved by running roses, it will 
seem still more like a relic of ancient times. What an 
altar for Mount Moriah ! From its summit now opens 
the broad sea, and Lynn, Saugus, and Nahant, the outer 
islands, and the bay. The ponderous Maiden Heights, 
the green hillsides and savin slopes of the Chelseas, the 
forest near, the far-reaching meadows, and the distant 
spires, make up a set of picturesque and striking views. 
Probably, in time, it will form only the foundation for 
some high observatory ; but, while remaining in its pre- 
sent unpolished grandeur, it may well remind us of the 
altar of Abraham, and of his unfaltering faith. Here, 
then, let us rekindle our faith in God, and renew our 
good resolves. 

• 

Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, 

Adonis and cheers our way ; 

And still, as darker grows the night, 

Emits a brighter ray. 

Goldsmith. 



46 Abraham's sacrifice. 



ABRAHAM'S SACRIFICE. 

And Abraham on Mount Moriah bowed himself, 
And buried up his face, and prayed for strength. 
He could not look upon his son, and pray ; 
But, with his hand upon the clustering curls 
Of the fair, kneeling boy, he prayed that God 
Would nerve him for that hour. Oh ! man was made 
For the stern conflict. In a mother's love 
There is more tenderness ; the thousand cords. 
Woven with every fibre of her heart. 
Complain like delicate harpstrings at a breath : 
But love in man is one deep principle. 
Which, like a root grown in a rifted rock, 
Abides the tempest. He rose up, and laid 
The wood upon the altar ; . . . then he nerved 
His spirit with a bitter strength, and spoke, — 
" Isaac, my only son ! " The boy looked up ; 
And Abraham turned his face away, and wept. 
" Where is the lamb, my father ? " . . . 

It was the last deep struggle. Abraham held 

His loved, his beautiful, his only son, 

And lifted up his arm, and called on God. 

And, lo ! God's angel stayed him ; and he fell 

Upon his knees, and wept. N. p. Willis. 




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THE RECEI^^NG-TOMBS. 47 



Let us now return to the Netherwood Junction. Here, 
on a gentle bank, is a thick planting of all the harmless 
varieties of the early-blooming dog-woods. Intermixed 
with evergreens and other forest-trees, how beautiful are 
their white flowers ! Pass on towards the wood : what an 
inviting vista opens ! But pause for a moment at Forest 
Glade Avenue, and turn into Portal Path. It is but a 
step ; but that step brings you to the Tomb. 



THE RECEIVING-TOMBS. 

Two of these have been in use since the consecration of 
the grounds ; but two more and larger ones are now being 
constructed. They are not, as of old, hewn out of the 
solid rock, but are inserted peacefully and tastefully into 
an excavation made for the purpose in the solid earth, 
and are approached through a pathway lined with moss- 
grown rocks, and overhung by shade-trees and weeping- 
willows. Their solidity, simplicity, and repose have been 
much appi'oved. They are kept with scrupulous neat- 
ness, and the area in front of them is sufficiently large for 
an ordinary funeral-gathering. When, as is sometimes the 
case, there is vocal music at the grave, the effect is very 
impressive, the mourners being concealed from the neigh- 
boring avenues. 



48 RECEIVING-TOMBS. ALL MUST DIE. 



The writer cannot forget the first time that this occurred. 
It was when the Rev. Sylvanus Cobb and his family as- 
sembled here to deposit all that remained of their remark- 
able little son James, concerning whom a small volume has 
been published. On that occasion, the music was touching 
in itself; but the sounds, coming from unseen sources, 
received additional power from the surprise of the hearer, 
and impressed him with their harmony. 

As the Receiving-tombs ai'e designed solely for the 
accommodation of the proprietors of lots, no charge is 
made for their use ; a fee of only one dollar, for opening 
and sealing the tomb and making a record of the fact, 
being chai'ged. But it is expected that there will be no 
unreasonable delay in removing the remains from the 
tomb to the grave ; and the corporation reserve the 
power to do so, if, after notice, it is too long neglected. 



ALL MUST DIE. 

"Thus mighty Nature speaketh: 
All around must perish, — 
All that mankind maketh. 
All that mankind cherish ! " 



THE TIME FOR DEATH. 49 



WHAT IS THE TIME FOR DEATH? 

What is the time for death ? In life's new morn, 

The young soul bright in all its purity. 

Unstained by sorrow, and by care unworn : 

Say, is not this the fittest time to die ? 

When would we die ? In the bright noon of life. 

When, thoughts and hopes and aspirations high. 

Each passing hour with virtuous deeds is rife : 

Say, is not this the fittest time to die ? 

When would we die ? When life's calm twilight hour 

Sends soothing rest to the dim, wearied eye ; 

When maddening zeal, and fierce ambition's power. 

Have fled : is this the fittest hour to die ? 

We know not. Put each anxious care at rest ; 

Let all our thoughts and powers to God be given : 

He will decide for us what time is best. 

And, at the fittest, take our souls to heaven. 

L, D. G. 



" Life, like a dome of many-colored glass. 
Stains the white radiance of eternity." 



50 SELECTIONS FROM GOLDSMITH, ETC. 



SELECTIONS. 

O peace of mind ! thou lovely guest. 
Thou softest soother of the breast. 

Dispense thy balmy store ; 
Wing all our thoughts to reach the skies. 
Till earth, diminished to our eyes. 

Shall vanish as we soar. Goldsmith. 



Shrink not, O human spirit ! 
The everlasting Arm is strong to save. 
Look up, look up, frail nature ! put thy trust 
In Him who went down mourning to the dust. 



And overcame the grave. 



New Monthly Magazine. 



I opened not my mouth ; for it was thou, 
O Lord ! who didst it ; and thou canst not err. 
Enable me unto thy will to bow. 
And be thyself thy rod's interpreter. 

Bernard Bakton. 



LIFE AND DEATH. 51 



LIFE COMETH OF DEATH. 

Lo ! all grow old, and die ; but see, again, 

How on the faltering footsteps of decay 

Youth presses, — ever-gay and beautiful youth, — 

In all its beautiful forms ! These lofty trees 

Wave not less proudly that their ancestors 

Moulder beneath them. Oh ! there is not lost 

One of Earth's charms : upon her bosom yet. 

After the flight of untold centuries. 

The freshness of her far-beginning lies. 

And yet shall lie. Life mocks the idle hate 

Of his arch enemy Death ; yea, seats himself 

Upon the sepulchre, and blooms and smiles. 

And of the triumphs of his ghastly foe 

Makes his own nourishment. For he came forth 

From thine own bosom, and shall have no end. 

Bryant. 



Each towering oak, that lifts its living head 

To the broad sunlight in eternal strength. 

Glories to tell thee that the acorn died ; 

The flowers, that spring above their last year's grave. 

Are eloquent with the voice of life and hope. 

Imitation of Bryant. 



52 NETHERWOOD. 



NETHERWOOD AVENUE. 

Now look again at Netherwoocl Avenue. Long may its 
borders remain unbroken by a grave ! Let the wildwood 
reign, with its fantastic roots and velvet mosses ! Let 
the thrush still nestle in the thicket ; and the tall trees 
lift up their green palms into the sunlight, and wave their 
benedictions as of yore ! Keep it sacred as a forest-walk ! 
Fortunately, the soil is not suited for graves ; and let only 
the falling leaves find them there ! Such is the length, 
and so broad the sweep, of this pathway, as it curves into 
the distance, that it conveys an idea of unlimited extent. 
Whoever passes through, after it is completed and dark- 
ened by age, will be awed by the solemnity of its deep 
shadows, and, emerging suddenly into the brightness of 
the open ground, must be struck by the contrast. Li a 
few years, it will be equal, as a drive, to that of any other 
cemetery in the country, and should not be overlooked 
by those who seek solitude or solace in such retreats. In 
its passage from Chapel Hill to the Tombs, the avenue 
almost touches " Cygnet Pond," which, imbosomed in 
the shade, feeds the fountains in a pond below ; the 
name " cygnet " being derived from the swans here pro- 
vided for a jet, where an arbor is soon to be erected. 
Lawns and springing flowers are always pleasing ; but 
surely the forest depths are deepest felt. 



NETHERWOOD. 53 



WOOD AND LAWN. 

Saw ye the soft and grassy bed 

Where flowerets deck the green earth's breast ? 
'Tis there I wish to lay my head ; 

'Tis there I wish to sleep at rest. 
Oh ! let not tears embalm my tomb, — 

None but the dews by twilight given ; 
Oh ! let not sighs disturb the gloom, — 

None but the whispering winds of heaven. Moore. 



My soul is growing sick. I will away. 

And gather balm from a sweet forest-walk ! 

There, as the breezes through the branches sweep, 

Is heard aerial minstrelsy, like harps 

Untouched, unseen, that on the spirit's ear 

Pour out their numbers till they hush to peace 

The tumult of the bosom. There's a voice 

Of music in the rustling of the leaves ; 

And the green boughs are hung with living lutes, 

"Whose strings will only vibrate to His hand 

Who made them, while they sound his untaught praise. 

The whole wildwood is one vast instrument 

Of thousand thousand keys, and all its notes 

Come in sweet harmony, while Nature plays 

To celebrate the presence of her God. Miss H. F. Gould. 



54 THE FOREST. 



THE FOREST-WALK. 

How sweet to sit within the forest-shade, 
When the soft wind among the tree-tops stirs ; 
And Nature has her box of perfumes oped, 
And scattered freely all its sweets for me ! 
Then time and space are nothing ; and the soul. 
Rapt in its own high musings, quite forgets 
The world without, but in its own locked depths 
Imprisons thoughts, that, could they but be breathed 
In words or music, might entrance that world. . . . 
But when the soul, full to o'erflowing, yearns 
To pour its wild and struggling transports forth. 
Were there no kindred ear in which to breathe 
Its thoughts, 'twould die for want of utterance ; 
For language is the life-breath of the soul. 
And so I turn me to myself again, 
And the small flowers, that round me lift, as high 
As their slight frames can bear, their incense-cups 
To Him who placed them in the forest depths. 
With sweet companions in the singing birds. 
And gave them life beneath the mighty trees. 
O God ! 'tis in the bosom of the woods 

The spirit mounts most freely up to thee. 

N. G. Gould. 



WOODSIDE AVENUE. 55 



Passing north, from the Receiving-tombs by Forest 
Glade or Entrance Avenue again, the visitor comes unex- 
pectedly upon the long vista of — 



WOODSIDE AVENUE. 

This is a lovely drive, bordered by oaks, elms, and 
maples, with rare shrubs and flowering plants, inter- 
mingled with evergreens and annuals. On the northerly 
side, twelve feet in width have been left for trees and 
plants ; and various flower-beds have been arranged at 
the head and at its junctions, where the show of Flora, 
in her season, is always attractive. Gothic Avenue, 
which leaves Woodside by a gentle curve, is reserved for 
such structures, fences, and ornaments as are suited to 
that style ; and even the trees are to be in keeping ; 
so that eventually an arched Gothic passage-way may 
be formed, lined with proper emblems and accompani- 
ments. 

At the junction of Woodside and Gothic Avenues is 
the lot of Benjamin Farnum. Here stands a finely 
sculptured tablet of white marble, erected to the memory 
of his children, — representing winged cherubs, and sev- 
ered rosebuds, with an ivy border, cut by Freedly. 



56 EDGEWOOD PATH. 



Further on is the lot of Edward Pratt, with a tall, 
marble monument, bearing the inscription, — ' 

" One Household." 

Several other neat lots and monuments will be ob- 
served on this avenue. 



EDGEWOOD PATH, 

"Which is directly in the rear of Woodside, occupies 
higher ground, and will soon be finished through its en- 
tire length. All the lots on the southerly side have been 
graded with care ; and the walk, when perfected, will be 
one of the finest in the Cemetery. The Woodside lots 
were among the first purchased after the organization of 
the Corporation ; and to the efficient gentlemen from 
Charlestown, who met there in August, 1851, and se- 
lected them, Woodlawn is greatly indebted for its suc- 
cess. It also owes much to the energy and devotion of 
its president, who, without compensation or pecuniary 
interest, has made constant efforts for its advancement. 

Following Woodside Avenue to its junction with 
Auburn Path, the observer will notice, on the right, 
the — 




E S T i: E AND R O U I. S T O N E. 

(Auburn Patli.) 



ESTEE AND ROULSTONE MONUMENT. 57 



MONUMENT TO ESTEE AND ROULSTONE, 

Erected by Franklin Engine Company No. T, of Charles- 
town. It is a white marble tablet, about nine feet high, 
surmounted by a fireman's cap, with company initials, 
and with hose, conducting-pipe, &c., well sculptured, by 
Ereedly. On the face of the stone is inscribed the fol- 
lowing : — 

GEORGE H. ESTEE 

Died Aug. 10, 1853, 

From injuries received at the burning of Tremont Temple, Boston, 

March 31, 1852, 

Wliile faithfully and fearlessly discharging his duties as a fireman, 

Aged 27 years. 

WILLIAM W. ROULSTONE 

Was killed at the fire in Brattle Square, Boston, 

Aug. 15, 1845, 

While manfully endeavoring to stay the progress of the flames. 

" We live to rescue ; 
We die to save ! " 

On the base, the proprietors are named as follows : — 

MEMBEES OF FRANKLIN ENGINE COMPANY No. 7, 

CHARLESTOWN. 

8 



58 ESTEE AND ROULSTONE MONUMENT. 



On the right of the monument is a headstone to Estee, 
representing a trumpet,, with a scroll around it, bearing 
the inscription : — 

" In peril's hour, at duty's call he fell ; 
And, while he lingered, angel ministries 
His spirit blest to its immortal rising." 

On the left is a similar scroll to E,oulstone, inscribed as 
follows : — 

" No labored epitaph could him more honor pay 
Than this, — » In duty's strife his spirit passed away.' " 

This lot was presented by the corporation ; and the ap- 
propriate fence which encloses it, with the emblems of 
the fire-department, was designed, constructed, and pre- 
sented by Messrs. Hittinger and Cook, of Charlestown, 
who were members of the same fire company. 

The writer has often paused at this monument with 
unusual interest ; regarding it not only as a tribute to 
departed worth and heroism, or as a remembrancer of a 
patience under suffering rarely equalled, but as a me- 
mento of the noble and generous qualities exhibited by 
the firemen generally, and by the members of this com- 
pany in particular, to their unfortunate companions and 
their families. From the moment when Estee was taken 
from the ruins, to the hour of his burial, a period of 



ESTEE AND ROULSTONE MONUMENT. 59 



nearly seventeen months, they watched over him and pro- 
vided for him with a steady and fraternal devotion which 
never slackened. Even the firemen of Boston, Cambridge, 
Charlestown, and Chelsea, insisted on contributing ; and 
Moses Kimball, Esq., with great generosity, aided them 
in their efforts. When Estee and Roulstone were re- 
moved to Woodlawn, large numbers followed them to 
the grave. To the mother of Roulstone, who was more 
or less dependent on her son, they presented a liberal 
purse ; and Engine Company No. 7 have deposited with 
the Cemetery Corporation a fund to keep this lot and all 
its structures in good order for ever. 

Not far from this lot, on Sylvan Path, under the shade 
of large trees, in a private lot, repose the remains of 
John Smith, a member of the Boston Fire Department, 
who was killed at the Kingston-street fire, Boston, in 
February, 1852. His widow has expressed her gratitude 
to the firemen, and especially to Hydrant Company No. 
2, for many kindnesses received, and for the means fur- 
nished to remove the remains of her husband and child 
into this quiet retreat. 

The Warren Fire Company, of Charlestown, purchased 
a lot on Altona Avenue, near Auburn Path, for their 
comrade Andrew Jackson, and, after paying all funeral 
expenses, presented it to his family. 

Such instances of true sympathy deserve some notice. 



60 \t:rtue survives. 



VIRTUE ALONE SURVIVES. 

Sweet day ! so cool, so calm, so bright. 
The bridal of the earth and sky. 
The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; 
For thou must die. 

Sweet rose ! whose hue, angry and brave. 
Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye. 
Thy root is ever in its grave ; 

And thou must die. 

Sweet spring ! full of sweet days and roses, 
A box, where sweets compacted lie, — 
My music shows ye have your closes ; 
And all must die. 

Only a sweet and virtuous soul. 
Like seasoned timber, never gives ; 
But, though the whole world turn to coal. 
Then chiefly lives. 



Herbert. 




ADAMS M O N U Jt E N T. 

(Auburn Path.) 



CHESTER ADAMS. JOSIAH BACON. 61 



CHESTER ADAMS, ESQ. 

On the easterly side of the same path, and not far from 
the Arch, rest the remains of Chester Adams, Esq., of 
Charlestown, for many years the President of the Union 
Bank, of Boston. Faithful in all his relations, of un- 
blemished character, and unambitious of honors, after a 
life of duty, in a good old age, he ceased from his la- 
bors, and sank to rest, universally respected. His son, 
the Hon. James Adams, late Mayor of Charlestown, is 
now, and has been from the outset, the President of the 
Woodlawn Cemetery Corporation ; and the large lot 
which embraces the monument represented by the en- 
graving (one of the best in the ground) belongs jointly 
to them, and Doctor Jacob Hayes, a son-in-law of the 
deceased. 

JOSIAH BACON. 

On the opposite side of Auburn Path is the lot of 
Deacon Josiah Bacon, who was born in Boston, Jan. 1, 
1786, and died in Chelsea, Oct. 3, 1852. He joined 
the army at the age of twenty-six, and was with Gen. 
Harrison in the battle of Tippecanoe. For several years 
he resided at Sandwich, where he engaged in the manu- 



62 JOSIAH BACON. OTHER LOTS. 



facture of glass, and represented that town in the Legisla- 
ture for a number of sessions. From 1841 to the time 
of his lamented death, he was Steward of the United States 
Marine Hospital at Chelsea, — an office which he filled 
with advantage to the government, and honor to him- 
self ; to the delight of the sailors, whom he always 
loved ; and to the entire satisfaction of the merchants. 
He was a gentleman of the old school, an officer of the 
Winissimmet Church from its organization, and a gene- 
ral favorite in the community. By his will, all his pro- 
perty was given to the Sailor's Snug Harbor, which noble 
charity he did much to originate. His excellent widow, 
loved and respected like himself, survived him only a few 
months ; and thus in death, as in life, they were not long 
divided. 

In this vicinity are many tasteful lots, bearing the 
names of Bacon, Mitchell, Eaton, Smith, Dix, Pigeon, 
Pool, Rogers, &c ; and Floral Avenue is bordered by 
fine enclosures, on which the names of Cobb, Caswell, 
Caban, Caldwell, Parke, Caswell, Harvey, Darling, 
West, and Magoun appear. On Woodside Avenue, a 
new monument has been lately erected, bearing the name 
of Taylor. 

Here let the visitor pause a moment to view — 




It u s T I c A R c rr. 

(WooiUi.lo Av.iiuf.) 



ETJSTIC ARCH. 63 



THE RUSTIC ARCH. 

The erection of this rude trelHs was almost a matter of 
necessity, to accommodate and protect the wild grape- 
vines which clustered over the trees through which the 
avenue passes. It has become, however, by the favor of 
the public, an object of much interest ; and a view of it is 
therefore given. It is constructed from rough savins, and 
is about twenty feet wide, and twenty-five feet high. On 
the right it is flanked by a close arbor, which is often 
resorted to by the weary. On the left is a corresponding 
resting-place, out of which a narrow path (called " "Wild- 
wood ") leads into the grove. At the proper season, 
the perfume of the vine fills the place ; while its green 
leaves and luxuriant growth, gracefully intwined around 
the cross which surmounts the arch, with side supports 
of living wood, give fine effect to the whole structure. 
On the front, beneath the cross, appears Christ's decla- 
ration, — 

" I AM THE True Vine." 

On the other side, his ever-memorable admonition, — 
" Abide in Me," 



Since He vouchsafes the way of life to show, 
'Tis mine to follow on, but Him to know. 

Miss H. F. Gould. 



64 CHAPEL HILL. 



Of what an easy, quick access, 

My blessed Lord, art thou ! How suddenly 

May our requests thine ear invade ! 

If I but lift mine eye, my suit is made." 

Herbert. 



This arch marks the approach to a favorite location, — 

CHAPEL HILL. 

This is a beautiful swell of land, rising ten or twelve 
feet above the surrounding avenues, with banks sloped by 
nature, and extending many hundred feet in a curve almost 
uniform. Upon this table-land an avenue has been con- 
structed, in such a manner as to leave an oval of one 
hundred and fifty feet in length, which is reserved for the 
chapel site. A background has been thickly planted, and a 
front avenue opened toward the west, of the most ample 
dimensions. A better location than this could not be 
desired. It is nearly in the centre of the Cemetery, and 
presents from its surface fine views of headlands and 
meadows, and the towns and spires of Maiden and of 
Lynn. In the rear of the chapel, Greenlawn Avenue 
will sweep majestically, nearly half a mile, towards the 
gate. The effect of such vast curves, when thickly 
planted, cannot be doubtful. 



THE FORRISTALL MONUMENT. 65 



On Chapel Avenue, from its junction with Holyrood, 
to Woodside and the Chapel Entrance, are several monu- 
ments and objects of interest. The lots of Brown, Pit- 
man, FoRRiSTALL, Baker, Hittenger, Hall, and San- 
born, are all worthy of notice. 

Near the junction with Floral Avenue, under the 
shadow of an oak, will be seen a modest marble, bearing 
the inscription, — 

HELEN A. & HARRIET G., 

TWIN CHILDREN OF SYL\'ENDER AND HARRIET FORRISTALL, 
Died Aug. 13, 1849, aged 4 years 2 months. 

Born the same hour, they became fatally ill on the same 
day, and died within a few moments of each other, 
aged as above. What a communion of spirits must have 
been theirs ! 

" Sister, stay ! Though angels keep me, 
Longer yet your sands may run." 

" Sister, nay ! Together sleep we. 
As together we have done." 

On the opposite side of Chapel Avenue, near the point 
of the triangle, is another specimen of the wonderful 
ginko-tree. Moving on towards Chapel Entrance, the 
visitor will observe a monument, in the form of a small 
sarcophagus, known as the — 

9 



66 HALL MONUMENT. 



HALL MONUMENT. 

"And the Lord answered, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain 
upon tables, that he may run that readeth it." — Hab. ii. 2. 

The inscriptions in this lot speak as follows : — 
ELLETTA JANE SNOW, 

DAUGHTER OF AVILLIAM C. AND EMELINE HALL, 

Died at sea, April 14, 1852, 
(Off Acapulco, Mexico,) 
Aged 4 years 2 months. 

'♦ Beautiful and lovely she was, but given 
A fair bud to earth, to blossom in heaven." 



EMELINE, WIFE OF WILLIAM C. HALL, 

Died at San Francisco, Cal., 
May 24, 1854, aged 41 yrs. 

" Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.' 



WILLIAM C. HALL 

Died in San Francisco, Jan. 31, 1855, 

The last of his little family ; 

Having first caused this monument, with the above inscriptions, 

to be erected. 




THE HALL MONUJIENT. 

(WoodsiJe Avenue.) 



CURRIER LOT AND SANBORN LOT. 67 



Friend after friend departs : 

Who has not lost a friend ? 
There is no union here of hearts 

That has not here an end. — Montgomery. 

In tbis connection another family may be mentioned, 
which exhibits forcibly the uncertainty of life : — 

June 26, 1854, John M. Curriee, aged 20, died of fever ; 

July 19, 1854, Lauretta, his sister, aged 23, died of consumption ; 

Aug. 7, 1854, Anna S., the mother, died ; and, — 

Sept. 9, 1854, Anna Currier, her daughter, also of fever. 

All are sleeping in a lot presented to the son by bis 
employer, Noah Sturtivant, Esq. 

A little nearer to the Chapel Entrance is the — 

LOT OF MR. JOHN SANBORN. 

There is nothing here to strike the eye of the stranger ; 
but a touching incident connected with two of its tenants 
deserves a remark. 

In November, 1853, Jethro E-and Sanborn, a pro- 
mising lad of twelve years, was killed by an accident. 
This so grieved his little cousin, Percy G. Clark, aged 
about four years, that he refused all nourishment, and sat 
for hours alone in the places where they had played toge- 
ther, and finally, on the sixth day of January following, 
died of a broken heart. Here now the two young friends 
sleep peacefully together. 



68 THE SEED MUST DIE. THE DEWDROP. 



THE SEED MUST DIE. 

The seed must die before the corn appears 
Out of the ground in blade and fruitful ears ; 
Low must those ears by sickles' edge be lain. 
Ere thou canst treasure up the golden grain. 
The grain is crushed before the bread is made. 
And the bread broke ere life to man conveyed. 

Oh ! be content to die, to be laid low. 
And to be crushed, and to be broken so. 
If thou upon God's table may be bread. 
Life-giving food, to souls an hungered. 



Trench. 



THE DEWDROP. 

A dewdrop, falling on the wild sea wave. 
Exclaimed in fear, *' I perish in this grave ! " 
But, in a shell received, that drop of dew 
Unto a pearl of marvellous beauty grew. 
And, happy now, the grace did magnify 
Which thrust it forth, as it had feared to die ; 
Until again, " I perish quite ! " it said. 
Torn by rude divers from its ocean bed. 
O unbelieving ! so it came to gleam. 
Chief jewel, in a monarch's diadem. 



Tkench. 



TEARS. IS THERE NO RESTING-PLACE ? 69 



TEARS. 

The rose, which iu the sun's bright rays 
Might soon have drooped and perished. 

With grateful scent the shower repays 
By which its life is cherished. 

And thus have e'en the young in years 

Found flowers within that flourish. 

And yield a fragrance, fed by tears, 

That sunshine could not nourish. 

Berxard Baeton. 



IS THERE NO RESTING-PLACE? 

" Tell me, my secret soul. 

Oh ! tell me, Hope and Faith, 
Is there no resting-place 
\ From sorrow, sin, and death ? 
Is there no happy spot. 

Where mortals may be blest ; 
Where grief may find a balm. 
And weariness a rest ? " 
Faith, Hope, and Love (best boons to mortals given) 
Waved their bright wings, and whispered, "Yes, in 
heaven ! " 



70 HEAVEN. 



HEAVEN. 



Oh ! heaven is nearer than mortals think, 
When they look with a trembling dread 

At the misty future, which stretches on 
From the silent home of the dead. 

'Tis no lone isle on a boundless main. 

No brilliant but distant shore. 
Where the lovely ones, who are called away. 

Must go to return no more. 

I know, when the silver chord is loosed. 

When the veil is rent away. 
Not long and dark shall the passage be 

To the realms of endless day. 

The eye that shuts in a dying hour 

Will open the next in bliss : 
The welcome will sound in a heavenly world. 

Ere the farewell is hushed in this. 

We pass from the clasp of mourning friends 
To the arms of the loved and lost ; 

And those smiling faces will greet us then 
Which on earth we valued most. 



EARTH AND HEAVEN. 71 




To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. 



Campbell. 



EARTH AND HEAVEN. 

Flowers, that bloom to wither fast ; 
Light, whose beams are soon o'ercast ; 
Friendship, warm, but not to last ; — 
Such by earth are given. 

Seek the flowers that ne'er shall fade ; 
Find the light no cloud can shade ; 
Win the friend who ne'er betrayed ; — 
These are found in heaven. 

Miss H. F. Gould. 



12 brown's lot. FIRST-BAPTIST CHURCH LOT. 



LOT OF JOHN M. BROWN. 

The richly bronzed fence on Greenbank Avenue, which 
attracts the eye to the northerly side of the Chapel 
Entrance, encloses the lot of John M. Brown, of Charles- 
town, and is one of the finest structures of the kind in this 
vicinity, Mr. Brown, with great liberality, has also pur- 
chased the adjoining lot, which he reserves for planting 
and ornament. The trustees are under obligations to him 
for the admirable manner in which he has treated the spot, 
and for his general interest in the Cemetery. 

Near the above, on the same avenue, is the lot of — 



THE FIRST-BAPTIST CHURCH, BOSTON. 

This lot is pleasantly located, and well graded and 
fenced. In its centre stands a marble obelisk, inscribed 

as follows : — 

^rgts iJWonumcnt 

IS ERECTED BY THE FIRST-BAPTIST CHURCH, BOSTOJf, 

IN MEMORY OP 

REV. SAMUEL STILLMAN, D.D., 

Former Pastor of the Church, 

Who died March 12, 1807, aged 70 years, 

After a faithful ministry of 42 years. 

" Though dead, he yet speaketh." 



WHY MOURN YE ? 73 



WHY MOURN YE? 

Why mourn ye that our aged friend is dead ? 

Ye are not sad to see the gathered grain. 
Nor when their mellow fruit the orchards cast. 

Nor when the yellow woods shake down the ripened mast. 

Ye sigh not when the sun, his course fulfilled, — 
His glorious course, rejoicing earth and sky, — 

In the soft evening when the winds are stilled. 
Sinks where his islands of refreshment lie. 

And leaves the smile of his departure, spread 

O'er the warm colored heaven and ruddy mountain-head. 

Why M'eep ye, then, for him, who, having run 
The bound of man's appointed years, at last, 

Life's blessings all enjoyed, life's labors done. 
Serenely to his final rest has passed. 

While the soft memory of his virtues yet 

Lingers like twilight hues when the bright sun is set ? 

Bkyant. 



In holy sleep the sainted father lies : 
Oh ! say not that the good man ever dies." 
10 



74 SIMON G. Shipley's lot. 



Life is real, life is earnest ; 

And the grave is not its goal : 

" Dust thou art, to dust returnest," 

Was not spoken of the soul. Longfellow. 



SIMON G. SHIPLEY. 

Nearly opposite the lot of the First Baptist Church, of 
Boston, is that of Simon G. Shipley, who was for many 
years a deacon of that church. Born in Pepperell, ISIass., 
in 1798, he came to Boston, in 1815, to seek his fortune, 
and commenced his apprenticeship by resolving to serve 
one Master, — even God. He was a guileless and devoted 
Christian, a good friend and counsellor, — having an open 
ear, a willing heart, and a ready hand. Dignified without 
pretence, benevolent without ostentation, he delighted to 
serve the cause of the poor and suffering. For several 
years, he was a Director of the Howard Benevolent Society, 
and one of the Executive Committee of the American 
Baptist Missionary Union ; and, from the outset, was a 
Director of the Society for the Belief of Aged and Indigent 
Females. His character was not unappreciated; and he 
was repeatedly elected to offices of trust, — serving at 
different times on School Committees, in the Common 
Council, and as an Alderman of the city of his adoption. 
He died, in Charlestown, much regretted. 




SIMON G. SHIPLEY. 

(Crccnbank Avenue.) 



THOMAS DITSOn's LOT. 75 




LOT OF THOMAS DITSON, 



OKIOLE AVENUE. 



In this lot repose two of his children. Their graves 
are marked by a marble scroll, with morning-glories, and 
two lambs at its base, as in the engraving. 



Let them die. 
Let them die now, thy children ! so thy heart 
Shall wear their beautiful image, all undimmed. 
Within it to the last. Mks. Hemans. 



Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew. 
They sparkled, were exhaled, and went to heaven. 

Young. 



STAY, WEEPING MOTHER. 

Stay, weeping mother ! gaze upon thy chikl. 
Rapt in a dreamless sleep, serenely mild : 
The tearless lashes shade the fair young cheek ; 
The loving lips no troubled murmurs speak ; 

For all is peace. 

The pale, calm brow is yet unmarked by care ; 
The canker-grief hath left no signet there ; 
The little hands are folded on the breast, 
As though 'mid prayerful thoughts it sank to rest. 

In perfect peace. 

The chiselled limbs repose in placid grace ; 
A seraph-smile is lingering on the face. 
Telling of rapture, when the angel's kiss 
Drew the freed spirit to yon realm of bliss, — 

The home of peace. 

Now, with the eye of Faith, behold in heaven 
The sainted child from earthly bondage riven : 
With pure delight, it spreads its cherub wings. 
And, waving victor-palms, exulting sings 

The song of peace. 



BALDWIN-PLACE CHURCH LOT. 77 



Therefore, sad mother, meekly bow thy head, 
And, kneeling low beside the cherished dead. 
Ceaseless thank God, that, free from life's alarms. 
Thy child, safe cradled in its Saviour's arms. 

Hath found sure peace. 

Mks. a. F. Law. 



Not far from Chapel Hill, on Savin Avenue, is a large 
lot of nine hundred square feet, belonging to the — 

BALDWIN-PLACE CHURCH, BOSTON. 

It is enclosed by a substantial fence ; and now holds the 
remains of the Rev. Dr. Levi Tucker, late pastor of that 
church, and also those of his lamented wife. He was a 
man much beloved and respected. At the consecration 
of these grounds, he made the closing prayer, being in 
feeble health, and, in a feeling manner, alluded to the pro- 
bability that ere long his own bed would be made here. 
By the liberality of his parish, he was enabled to travel 
abroad, in the hope of re-establishing his health ; but he 
returned only to experience anew the affection of his 
people and the kindness of his friends, and then to fall 
asleep. He was removed to Woodlawn from Cincinna- 
tus, N.Y., where he died. 



78 EAST-BOSTON BAPTIST-CHURCH LOT. 



The First Methodist Episcopal Church, Boston, and 
some societies, have lots in this vicinity ; among them, 
the Bay State Lodge of G. U. 0. 0. F. 

The Mount-Tabor Masonic Lodge, of East Boston, 
have a fine lot of twelve hundred square feet, in a half- 
circle, at the junction of Evergreen and Carolwood Ave- 
nues, wherein two persons have already been interred. 

As we pass down Greenbank Avenue, near the top of 
the hill, on the right, is the lot of the Rev. Sylvanus 
Cobb, where, by the side of his sister, rest the remains 
of "Little Jamie," whose interesting biography has been 
presented to the public in a book prepared by his mother. 
He died at the age of nine years two months. 

A little further down this avenue is the — 



CENTRAL-SQUARE BAPTIST-CHURCH LOT, E.B. 

This contains fifteen hundred square feet of land, and 
is a perfect circle, within a triangle formed by the junc- 
tions of Greenbank, Choral, and Carolwood Avenues. 
It rises five or six feet in the centre, swelling beautifully 
on all sides, and is one of the most conspicuous spots in 
the Cemetery. Here repose the remains of the — 



EAST-BOSTON BAPTIST-CHURCH LOT. 



REV. HIRAM ATWILL GRAA'ES, 

Son of the Rev. Joseph M. Graves, who died much la- 
mented and extensively known. He was born in Wen- 
dell, Mass., April 14, 1813 ; graduated at Middlebury, 
Vt., at the age of twenty years ; was settled in Springfield, 
in 1836, as pastor of the First Baptist Church in that 
place, where he remained four years, greatly beloved by 
the community. In 1839, he removed to Lynn, and took 
charge of the First Baptist Church of that city. In 
1841, finding that repeated attacks of the asthma had 
worn upon his health and spirits, he took the editorial 
charge of the " Christian Reflector," which was removed 
from Worcester to Boston, and became distinguished for 
his broad views and conservative tendencies. In 1843, 
anxious to see a church of his own denomination gathered 
at East Boston, he preached there regularly, and laid the 
foundation of the Central-Square Baptist Society, now so 
flourishing under the charge of the Rev. Mr. Sykes. In 
1844, sickness drove him from his field of labor to 
Southern climes and other lands. He returned with 
health apparently improved, but soon sought his father's 
house, in Bristol, R.I., and there peacefully expired, on 
the 3d of October, 1850, full of bright hopes, and with 
a heavenly trust which never failed him. At the request 
of friends, his body was removed to Woodlawn, where. 



80 KEY. HIRAM A. GRAVES. 



with religious ceremonies, it was deposited, with the 
intention of having a suitable monument erected to his 
memory. It is hoped that this expectation will not be 
disappointed. 

Here, too, reposes Mary Hinman Graves, wife of the 
Rev. Hiram A. Graves, and daughter of Scovill Hinman, 
Esq., of New Haven, — a companion worthy of such a 
man. Cheerful and courageous, kind and considerate, 
she was greatly esteemed. Married in 1836, she died in 
North Adams, April 8, 1856; being the last but one of a 
family of twelve children. 

The writer cannot take leave of this spot without 
alluding to another of its choice tenants, — Mrs. Caro- 
line S. Sykes, wife of the Rev. James N. Sykes, and 
daughter of James Anthony, Esq., of Providence, R.I. 
Distinguished for high mental culture, and refinement 
of manners, her purity of life and sweetness of temper 
made her universally respected ; and her quick discern- 
ment and sound judgment guided her, amidst difficulties 
and trials, to the esteem of all around her. In April, 
1854, she was deprived by death of her oldest son, a 
child of much promise. In September, 1855, her young- 
est also was suddenly taken from her. By these succes- 
sive blows her sensitive nature was prostrated ; and, after 
the severest suffering, she calmly expired, Dec. 28, 1855, 
her death being regarded as a great public loss. 




It i^ a beautiful belief, 
That evei- round our head 

Are hoveriiis:, on viewless wings, 
The si)irits of the dead. 



Tiirow away thy roil, 
Thniw a\v:\y thv wrath. 

() my God ! 
Take the gentle path. 

Not a word or look 
I affect to own 

?>ut by book, 
And thy book alone. 

Tliouirh I fail. I weep; 
Thoun;h I halt in ])aee. 

Yet I creep 
To the throne of jrrace. 



THE REAPER. 81 



THE REAPER. 

There is a reaper, whose name is Death ; 

And with his sickle keen 
He reaps the bearded grain at a breath. 

And the flowers that grow between. 

" Shall I have nought that is fair," saith he, — 
" Have nought but the bearded grain ? 

Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, 
I will give them all back again." 

He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes ; 

He kissed their drooping leaves : 
It was for the Lord of Paradise 

He bound them in his sheaves. 

" My Lord has need of these flowerets gay,'' 

The reaper said, and smiled : 
" Dear tokens of the earth are they, 

Where he was once a child. 

" They all shall bloom in fields of light, 
Transplanted by my care, 

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82 THE REAPER. SELECTION. 



And saints, upon their garments white. 
These sacred blossoms wear." 

And the mother gave, in tears and pain. 
The flowers she most did love : 

She knew she should find them all again 
In the fields of light above. 

Oh ! not in cruelty, not in wrath. 

The reaper came that day : 
'Twas an angel visited the green earth, 

And took the flowers away. 



Longfellow. 



" E'en for the dead 
I will not bind my soul to grief: 

Death cannot long divide. 
For is it not as if the rose 
That climbed my garden wall 
Had bloomed the other side ? " 



Before we leave the present part of the ground, let us 
turn into Evergreen Avenue. Here, in a lot near a large 
savin-tree, is the grave of — 



woodlawn's first tenant. — mariners' lot. 83 



THE FIRST TENANT OF WOODLAWN. 

He was placed in these grounds on the evening next 
preceding the consecration. A neat marble monument 
marks the spot, giving the facts : — 

AUGUSTUS F. BOWEN 

Died June 30, 18.31, aged 31 years 10 mouths. 

First tenant of WoodlaAvn. 

On this avenue, near the above, is a scroll of marble, 
finely sculptured, inscribed with the simple word " Mo- 
ther." The back of the stone shows, however, that it 
was erected to the memory of Mrs. Brown, wife of Mr. J. 
Brown. Nearly opposite, on Evergreen Avenue, is — 

THE MARINERS' LOT. 

This belongs to the Boston Baptist Bethel Society. 
It is a parallelogram, of twenty-four hundred square feet, 
extending through to Chessom Avenue, and capable of 
high embellishment. It M^as procured through the zea- 
lous efibrts of the devoted minister of that society, the 
Rev. Phineas Stow, who has spared no pains to secure for 
the mariner a proper resting-place at last. The original 
plan was to erect in the centre of the lot a suitable monu- 



84 ISIAKINEHS' LOT. SELECTIONS. 



ment, and to provide a fund for the care of the ground, 
and for the burial of sailors therein ; but this has been 
relinquished or postponed until the benevolent shall 
supply the necessary means. The remains of forty-four 
persons have been buried in this lot. 



See the haven full in view ! 
Love divine shall bear thee through : 
Trust to that propitious gale ; 
Weigh thy anchor, spread thy sail. 



Anon. 



Life ! thou art the storm, the rock ; 
Death ! the friendly port thou art ; 
Haven! from the tempest's shock 
Welcoming the wandering heart. 

Yes, I see from yonder tomb 
Promised peace and tranquil rest : 
Death, my haven ! I shall come ; 
Soothe me on my mother's breast. 

Bowring's Translation of Russian Poetry. 



LOOK AI.OFT. 85 



LOOK ALOFT. 



In the tempest of life, when the wave and the gale 
Are around and above, if thy footing should fail, 
If thine eye should grow dim, and thy caution depart, 
Look aloft, and be firm, and be fearless of heart. 



Should the visions which Hope spreads in light to thine 

eye. 
Like the tints of the rainbow, but brighten to fly, 
Then turn, and, through tears of repentant regret. 
Look aloft to the Sun that is never to set. 

Should they that are dearest — the son of thy heart. 
The wife of thy bosom — in sorrow depart. 
Look aloft, from the darkness and dust of the tomb. 
To that soil where "affection is ever in bloom." 

And, oh ! when Death comes in terror to cast 
His fears on the future, his pall on the past, 
In that moment of darkness, with hope in thy heart 
And a smile in thine eye, look aloft, and depart. 

J. Lawrence, Jr. 



86 THE FIELD OF EPHROX. 



Although we are now near central localities, yet here 
is — 



THE FIELD OF EPHRON. 

This has been set apart for single graves for adults. 
On the right of Evergreen Avenue, surrounded by an 
evergreen hedge, and tastefully laid out in a crescent 
form, this common ground has been provided for a great 
family of the afflicted. It derives its name from the Avords 
of the dying Jacob, who said, " I am to be gathered unto 
my people : bury me with my fathers in the cave that is 
in the field of Machpelah, in the land of Canaan, which 
Abraham bought with the field of Ephrox the Plittite, 
for a possession of a burying-place. There they buried 
Abraham, and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac, 
and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah." 

Virtue, on herself relying, 

Every passion hushed to rest. 
Loses every pain of dying 

In the hope of being blest. 

Goldsmith. 

Within this great enclosure, and surrounded by Nestling 
Path, witii a hedge border of arbor-vita^, is — 



GARDEN OF EVERGREENS. 87 



THE GARDEN OF EVERGREENS. 

Household angels here repose : 

Hopes and joys of earth, adieu I 
Now your brightness doth disclose 

Heavenly glories to our vicAV. 

Here is the bed for little children under five years of 
age. It is extremely neat ; and the surprise and satisfac- 
tion expressed by mourners, who have felt obliged by 
circumstances to speak for a grave in the "Public Lot," 
which they had never seen, has oftentimes been great. 
Many a mother has left her loved one here, with the feel- 
ing of assurance, that, where such care was manifested 
before the sacred dust was deposited within it, there could 
be afterwards no neglect. 

Sleep, little cherub ! on the breast 
Of the green hillock take thy rest. 
The wintry snow, the dropping rain, 
Shall dash above thy head in vain ; 
The beaded hail, the cutting sleet. 
Unheeded o'er thy head shall beat ; 
The spring-buds o'er thee will renew 
Their blooming sweets and vernal hue ; 
And honeyed flowers shall o'er thee spring, 

And birds their dulcet measures sing. 

I. McLellan. 



88 GARDEN OF EVERGREENS. BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT. 



A mother has often been seen at the grave of her chil- 
dren, absorbed in private meditation, and tending sweet 
flowers which have been watered by her tears. To the 
observer, she speaketh, — 

liOvelier flowers beneath are laid ; 

Sweeter buds than these are there : 
Where a mother oft hath prayed, 

For that mother breathe a prayer. 



BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT. 

" Take the bright shell 

From its home far and free ; 
And, wherever it goes, 
It will sing of the sea. 

So take the fond heart 

From its home and its hearth 
'Twill sing of the loved 

To the ends of the earth." 



A little while they dwell with us, 

Blest ministers of love ; 
Then spread the wings we had not seen. 

And seek their home above." 



COMFORT IN AFFLICTION. 89 



"BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN." 

There is a day of sunny rest 

For every dark and troubled night ; 

And grief may bide, an evening guest ; 
But joy shall come with morning light. 

The light of smiles shall fill again 

The lids that overflow with tears ; 
And weary hours of woe and pain 

Are promises of happier years. 

And thou, who o'er thy friend's low bier 

Sheddest the bitter drops like rain, 
Hope that a brighter, happier sphere 

Will give him to thy arras again. 

Nor let the good man's trust depart. 

Though life its common gifts deny ; 
Though with a pierced and broken heart, 

And spurned of men, he goes to die. 

For God has marked each sorrowing day. 

And numbered every secret tear ; 
And heaven's long age of bliss shall pay 

For all his children suffer here. Bryant. 

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90 REFLECTIONS. 



REFLECTIONS. 

'• Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own ? ' 

God takes the beautiful, the best ; 

They are but lent, not given : 
He sets " his jewels " on his breast, 

That they may shine in heaven. 



Our God is all we boast below, — 

To him we turn our eyes ; 
And every added weight of woe 

Shall make our homage rise. 

And though no temple richly dressed, 

Nor sacrifice, is here. 
We'll make his temple in our breast. 

And offer up a tear. Goldsmith. 



A bruised reed He will not break ; 

But hearts that bow before him 
Shall own his mercy while they ache. 

And gratefully adore him. Barton. 



NTlTHERWOOl? 91 



We pass now down Greenbank Avenue, and turn to — 

NT:THET7W00r) PONT. 

This, thr.';; . . ._ ^C.i -•: . .n„ tlV'Wi..,..-. 

Overarched >^ elms, and maples, on 

three of its sides, and open to the east, its five sparkling 
fountains, playing in the sunlight, make the whole sur- 
face all excitemejit, and give to the scene 
a magiciii -: . ji^re arc -ciiti in the shade, on the 
south, near i'ouatai;' lath ; Hnd a new arbor is to be 
erected, during the present season, at the avenue on the 
east, where one of the finest views may be presented. 
The hill, covered with savins, above Lakeside Avenue, the 
swell north of liavine Avenue, and the charming knoll 
which overK' -^ *> " =■ ntains from the north, all tend 
to increase; the place, and, when improved 
by rock-work and plantings, will give additional charms. 

Thou wilt find nothing here 
Of ail tliat nained thee in th( }i;ainls of men. 

! shade 
Shall bring a kindred calm ; and the sweet breeze, 
That makes the green leases ilance, shall waft a balm 
To thy sick heart. 

The fountain, leHpi;i;j^ trcui its iuduti^ • 

Shall make thy (load hopes spring to liir -i-.,.. .. 



J^ M^'ll' 6 



3 ? 
o I 

I- . o i 



NETHERWOOD POND. 91 

We pass now down Greenbank Avenue, and turn to — 

NETHERWOOD POXD. 

This, though wholly ai'tificial, is the gem of the grounds. 
Overarched by tall oaks, walnuts, elms, and maples, on 
three of its sides, and open to the east, its five sparkling 
fountains, playing in the sunlight, make the whole sur- 
face alive with their excitement, and give to the scene 
a magical effect. There are seats in the shade, on the 
south, near Fountain Path ; and a new arbor is to be 
erected, during the present season, at the avenue on the 
east, where one of the finest views may be presented. 
The hill, covered with savins, above Lakeside Avenue, the 
swell north of Ravine Avenue, and the charming knoll 
which overlooks the fountains from the north, all tend 
to increase the beauty of the place, and, when improved 
by rock-work and plantings, will give additional charms. 

Thou wilt find nothing here 
Of all that pained thee in the haunts of men. 

The calm shade 

Shall bring a kindred calm ; and the sweet breeze. 
That makes the green leaves dance, shall waft a balm 
To thy sick heart. Brtakt. 

The fountain, leaping from its hidden vein. 
Shall make thy dead hopes spring to life again. 



92 ELM HILL. 

No avenues yet penetrate the fields which surrou 
ELM HILL. 

The venerable elm, standing alone on the emin( 
the westerly part of Woodlawn, with the truthfu 
ness of it now presented by Mr. Wilkle, cannot 
determine this locality. From this spot, and fro 
higher ground beyond, the views are remarkable fc 
beauty, grandeur, and extent. It is expected 
rustic observatory will soon be erected, to ser^^ 
double purpose of a rest and a stand-point. The ]\ 
Heights exhibit here all their majesty, and, wit 
autumn tints, give a glowing warmth to the S' 
around. The contrast, too, looking from their hig 
broken surfaces to the still, low, far-reaching me; 
that run into the very heart of Lynn, is always str 
and turning towards the west, where, in repose, rt 
villages, with their church-spires and bright dwe 
and the wide farming fields, with their grazing kir 
mind becomes rapt in contemplation, and memory : 
the touching beauties of Gray's " Elegy." 

The view given by Mr. Wilkie is of a little see 
rectly west of the elm, and adjoining Woodlawn. 

The lover of natural scenery will perceive, thi 
reserving this part of the Cemetery for future use, 
will remain attractions not exhausted. 




Life is but a day at most ! 
Sprung from niirlit, in darkness lost. 
Hope not sunshine every hour; 
Fear not clouds will always lower! 

BURNS. 

K L M n I L L. 




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PEACF. 



93 





PEACE. 




At \err. 


1 reverend, 


good old man ; 


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I did & 




.Id 


In Salenj ri 




th great increa 


() 







IJC swe!;liV- iLVOci • \:;r. b'^'e-,. 



His life from foes ; - 
But, after death, out of his grave 

There sprang twelve stalks of whr it. 
Which many, a of those 






♦'It rrosixrc.,^ rt . ncclv. -.im] did 

Fc do rehea 

Thai Virtue iies therein 

A serret virtue. bnn)»inc r 
By lliRr* •*' • • 



" Take of this grain. 

And grows lor 
Make bread of it -. 



L-epose 



aen grows. 



PEACE. 93 



PEACE. 



At length I met a reverend, good old man ; 

Whom when for peace 
I did demand, he thus began : — 

" There was a prince of old 
In Salem dwelt, who lived with great increase 

Of flock and fold. 

" He sweetly lived : yet sweetness did not save 

His life from foes ; 
But, after death, out of his grave 

There sprang twelve stalks of wheat. 
Which many, wondering at, got some of those 

To plant and set. 

" It prospered strangely, and did soon disperse 

Through all the earth ; 
For they that taste it do rehearse 

That virtue lies therein, * 
A secret virtue, bringing peace and mirth, 

By flight of sin. 

*' Take of this grain, which in my garden grows, 

And grows for you ; 
Make bread of it ; and that repose 



94 HOPE AND THE KOSE. 



And peace which everywhere 
With so much earnestness you do pursue 

Is only there." Geo. Herbert. 



HOPE AND THE ROSE. 

" Who shall die first ? " whispered Hope to the Rose ; 

" Who shall sink earlier into the grave, — 
I by my fleetness, or thou by thy sweetness ? 

Which of the two is the future to save, — 
I by betraying, or thou by decaying ? 

Who shall sleep first in eternal repose ? 
Soon shall we sever, or live we for ever ? 

Who shall die first ? " whispered Hope to the Rose ; 
" Who shall die first ? " whispered Hope to the Rose. 

" I," said the flower ; " though sweet is my blooming. 

Soon will my loveliness wither and die : 
Lives that are sweetest are ever the fleetest ; 

Hours most happy, most rapidly fly. 
But Hope dieth never ; it liveth for ever ; 

Enchantment around the young bosom it throws ; 
In smiling or weeping, Hope never is sleeping : 

I shall die first," said the beautiful Rose ; 
" I shall die first," said the beautiful Rose. 

New-Orleans Picayune. 



LIFE. 

Like to the grass that's newly sprung, 

Or like a tale that's new begun. 

Or to the bird that's here to-day. 

Or like the pearled dew of May, 

Or like an hour, or like a span. 

Or like the singing of a swan ; — 

E'en such is man, who lives by breath. 

Is here, now there, in life or death. 

The grass decays, the tale is ended. 

The bird is flown, the dew's ascended. 

The hour is short, the span not long. 

The swan's near death ; — man's life is done. 

Like to the bubble in the brook. 
Or in a glass much like a look. 
Or like a shuttle in the hand. 
Or like the writing in the sand. 
Or like a thought, or like a dream. 
Or like the gliding of the stream ; — 
E'en such is man, who lives by breath. 
Is here, now there, in life or death. 
The bubble's burst, the look's forgot. 
The shuttle's flung, the writing's blot. 
The thought is past, the dream is gone. 
The water glides ; — man's life is done. Wastell. 



96 THE pilgkim's song. 



THE PILGRIM'S SONG. 

I'm bound to the house of my Father: 
Oh ! draw not my feet from the way. 
Nor stop these wild flowers to gather ; 
They droop at my touch, and decay. 
I think of the flowers that are blooming 
In beauty unfading above. 
The wings of kind angels perfuming. 
Who fly down on errands of love. 

Of earth's shallow water the drinking 

Is powerless my thirst to allay ; 

Their taste is of tears, while we're sinking 

Beside them where quicksands betray. 

I long for the Fount ever-living, 

That flows by my Father's own door. 

With waters so sweet and life-giving, 

To drink and to thirst evermore. 

Miss H. F. Gould. 



The praise of those who sleep in earth, 

The pleasant memory of their worth, 

The hope to meet when life is past. 

Shall heal the tortured mind at last. Bryant. 



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Z Cr 



liit 3-ii -Kir 



TTre PTI.riRIM'S SOM'a. 

I'm boima to tnc nouse oi niv ramf^i-. 
Oh ! draw not my feet from the way, 
Nor stop these wild flowers to gather ; 
L hey droop at my touch, and decay. 
I think of the flowers that 



i.;ug 



That flowi i^ ather's own door, 

With waters so sweet and life-giving, 
r. "■• ink and to thirst evermore 



I he prais 

The pleasant memory r 
The hope to meet whei 
Shall heal the tortured ■ 



VARIOUS PORTIONS OF WOODLAWN. 97 



Other portions of Woodlawn deserve particular men- 
tion ; among them. Savin, Oriole, Carolwood, Greenlawn, 
Bloomingside, Hillside, and Altona Avenues, and the fine 
forest-grove known as Carolwood, — 

" Where birds do carol forth their Maker's praise, 
And sing a requiem to the silent dead." 

But these are left to a future time, when their beauty and 
importance will be more fully developed and appreci- 
ated. 

After the completion and extension of Netherwood 
Avenue, the visitor, desiring a retired drive, can take that 
route, and, passing through Glen, Greenbank, Carolwood, 
and Hillside Avenues, and around the Tower, reach the 
gate, by Mount-Moriah Avenue ; making a circuit of nearly 
three miles, which will soon be pleasantly shaded. In fact, 
all the outer borders of the grounds have been thickly 
planted, where necessary, with shrubs and ornamental 
trees, now starting into vigorous growth. The boun- 
daries will thus be well concealed and enlivened by a 
variety which will make — 

"The grave a place of beauty and of flowers." 

A conservatory will, it is hoped, at some future time be 
constructed in the vicinity of the Tower. 

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98 THE FUTUKE. 



THE FUTUEE. 

To insure the protection of the Cemetery, and to pro- 
vide for its expenses, embellishment, and care, one-fifth 
•part, at least, of all the proceeds of sales of lots therein, 
is to be reserved or appropriated for that purpose. This 
is a fundamental article of the corporation, whereby an 
ample sum will eventually be accumulated. 

Plans for extensive rock-work, rustic-work, and plant- 
ings, have been formed, and a green-house has been pro- 
posed, and is much needed, for the propagation, preserva- 
tion, and forwarding of the flowers, so that they might early 
adorn the borders : but the Trustees have never permitted 
the corporation to be in debt, all labor being paid for 
weekly ; and they feel constrained to defer many most 
desirable improvements until the liberality and patronage 
of the public shall provide the means for their execution. 

Whatever has been hitherto done has been thoroughly 
done. The paths and avenues are generally of stone, 
oftentimes several feet in depth, with drains beneath, and 
of such ample dimensions, that the expansion of trees 
and shrubs along their sides will only add to their effect, 
without lessening their convenience. It would hardly be 
possible to construct better ways ; nor is there any thing 
in the mode of grading the lots or borders which imposes 




We cannot tell the ways of love 

Our angel-watchers know, 
To turn our thoughts to light above 

From passing shades below. 

MISS G«>UL1>. 



Life treads on life, and heart on lieart: 
We press too close in church and mart 
To keep a dream or grave a[)art! 

MISS BAKKKXr. 



THE FUTURE. CARE OF LOTS. 99 



an undue burden upon the future. The landscape is not 
marred by steep earth-banks or steps, to slide off and keep 
hands busy with repairs ; nor will the rains or frost re- 
move turf or stone from their proper places. The grading 
of nature has been as little departed from as circumstances 
would permit. The soil, being rich, will seldom require 
to be renewed ; and its treatment by the skilful Superin- 
tendent has been in the manner most approved. To make 
the rough places smooth, to convert pastures into lawns, 
and sunlight into shadow ; to lift up strong branches from 
the shrubs by the wayside, and bid flowers, like fairy 
birds, light upon the twigs, — is an easy task, but one of 
time. The corporation of Woodlawn have already con- 
quered the most difficult and expensive passes in their 
domain ; and, in the future, the work must be lighter than 
it has been in the past. 



CARE OF LOTS. 

Purchasers of lots acquire not merely a right of burial, 
but become the owners of the soil, in fee ; subject only to 
such conditions and provisions as ai'e for the common 
good. They become the managers and voters of the cor- 
poration, every owner of three hundred square feet being a 
voter therein. The corporation take the care of their own 



100 CARE OF LOTS. 



buildings, avenues, paths, and fixtures, and have the su- 
perintendence and custody of all the grounds, and will 
see that the common property is maintained in order, and 
that a sure protection is afforded to the humblest lot ; 
but, as in Mount Auburn and Forest Hills, they do not 
engage to take the especial care of a lot without a further 
consideration than is paid for the ground. 

Any person desiring to have his lot ornamented, and 
always kept in repair, can secure this end by depositing 
with the Trustees a sum sufficient for the purpose, to be 
held by them and their successors in trust for ever. 

Or, if so disposed, he may in his last will provide that 
such a sum shall be so deposited at his decease, and thus 
avoid the possibility of neglect. Forms of such trusts can 
be had of the Treasurer. 

If only the temporary or annual care of the lot is de- 
sired, the corporation will assume it for a small compensa- 
tion, depending upon the size of the lot, and the care and 
ornament expected ; and this matter will be determined 
ordinarily by the Superintendent, on application to him. 

Trees, plants, shrubs, and flowers, of the best varieties, 
will be supplied from the Nursery, when wanted, at the 
most reasonable rates ; and two or three dollars per 
annum will keep a lot in creditable order, so far as relates 
to the ground. When fences and structures are to be 
provided for, a larger sum will be required. 



LOTS NOT TAXABLE, BUT INDmsiBLE. 101 



LOTS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENT OR TAXES. 

Proprietors are not compelled to pay for work or care 
not ordered ; it being presumed that they will generally 
give such directions as will prevent their lots from be- 
coming unsightly in the landscape. Nor can any lot be 
taxed or taken for debt on execution. The property of 
the corporation is also exempted from taxation ; and their 
deeds, by law, need not be recorded, excepting in the 
books of this corporation. 



LOTS ARE INDIVISIBLE. 

By the statutes of this Commonwealth, and by the terms 
of the deeds, lots are declared to be indivisible. They 
may be sold at pleasure, but not subdivided ; neither can 
a proprietor sell graves, or permit an interment in his 
lot for hire, — the same not being deemed a fit matter for 
speculation. 

All lots are numbered as they are sold, the location not 
aflfecting the numbers. It therefore frequently happens 
that adjoining lots bear numbers differing widely from 
each other. Proprietors of less than three hundred square 
feet are not entitled to vote in the corporation. 



102 HOW TO PROCURE A LOT. FENCING. 



HOW TO PROCURE A LOT. 

Plans will convey no idea of the value or situation of 
the lots. The only proper mode of selecting them is by 
a personal inspection of the ground. Mr. Cruickshanks, 
the very faithful and obliging Superintendent, is seldom 
absent, and is at all times happy to give his aid and atten- 
tion. He has all the prices furnished to him ; and they do 
not vary during the season. His advice is valuable in re- 
gard to such matters. By a direct application to him, much 
time will be saved. Now that some choice paths — like 
Edgewood, Sylvan, Linnet, and Silver Bell — are opened, 
purchasers will have the opportunity of taking lots near a 
public drive, but sufficiently retired to insure tranquillity. 
After the Cemetery shall become more frequented, this 
consideration may not be lightly regarded. 

FENCING. 

Few persons are aware how slight is the difference 
between the cost of fencing a large lot and that of fencing 
a small one. All lots have one foot allowed on every 
side to receive the fence. An ordinary lot, of three hun- 
dred square feet (fifteen feet by twenty), requires seventy- 
two feet of fencing; a lot of six hundred square feet 



FENCING. 103 



(thirty feet by twenty) requires only one hundred and two 
feet ; and one of nine hundred square feet (forty-five feet 
by twenty) requires only one hundred and thirty-two feet to 
enclose it. A great gain in this particular is therefore 
made by friends uniting and fencing two or three lots to- 
gether. In such a case, each lot is conveyed separately, 
and has its distinct gate and number, being only enclosed 
with others. But this should be done only between well- 
known friends ; for the same enclosure should be ruled by 
the same taste and treatment. If one desires to paint his 
fence green, another bronze, and the third black; or if 
one embellishes his lot, and another will not plant or 
mow; or if one sets up a graceful scroll or monument, 
and another uncouth slabs ; or if one will have forget-me- 
nots and delicately tinted tulips, and another rue and 
wormwood, — the whole will present an incongruous and 
unsightly expression, painful to a man of sensibility or 
taste. 

Whatever fence is selected, see that it has strength, es- 
pecially at the base ; for many of the light patterns are not 
sufficiently durable to be recommended. "What is designed 
for all time and weather should be strongly constructed. 
A little extra expense at the outset is most economical 
in the end ; and all guards around a grave should suggest 
the idea of firmness and endurance. 



104 MONUMENTS AND MARKERS. 



MONUMENTS AND MARKERS. 

Too much cannot be said against the habit of erecting 
slabs in a rural cemetery. They are always a blemish, 
and should be entirely prohibited, or limited to two or 
three feet in height. They are not now allowed without 
sockets. In the Field of Ephron and the Garden of Ever- 
greens, no slabs rising more than twenty inches will be 
permitted. It is recommended to all proprietors, that the 
markers and ordinary headstones in their lots be raised 
as little as possible above the ground. It is better to leave 
the green turf unbroken, than to intercept it by bald sur- 
faces of thin marble. A single monument, large or small, 
costly or cheap, may be pleasing to the eye, — its effect 
depending much upon fitness of design, neatness of exe- 
cution, and the open space around it ; but a crowd of 
tall stones in a common lot only defaces and contracts 
the view. More money is sometimes so expended than 
would procure a graceful monument and solid markers, 
if rightly directed. To give an appearance of breadth 
and beauty, there should be few glaring objects to arrest 
the eye and limit the scene. One piece of superior work, 
however modest, is more agreeable than a multitude of 
ill-contrived and high-reaching memorials. A green lawn, 
well enclosed, is of itself admirable. 



TOMBS AND VAULTS. INTERMENTS. 105 



TOMBS AND VAULTS. 

No tomb or vault can be constructed in the Cemetery, 
■without special permission of the Trustees. If such 
should be desired, Woodlawn abounds in sites and soil 
most suitable for the purpose ; and, under proper restric- 
tions, they may be allowed, though not encouraged. 



INTERMENTS. 

The whole number of interments, to June 1, 1856, is 
nine hundred and forty-eight. 

A full record is made, in the books of the corporation, 
of the name and age of the deceased ; the time, place, 
and cause of death ; the day of the burial ; and the depth 
and position of the grave. All funerals are attended in 
the grounds by the Superintendent, or his Assistant. 

Whenever a grave is to be prepared, notice should be 
given to the Superintendent six hours, at least, before the 
interment. For many reasons, the same notice is desirable 
when the deposit is to be made in the Receiving-tombs ; 
to which persons who have died of contagious diseases 
are not considered admissible, as the health of visitors 
might thereby be endangered. 

14 



106 COMMUNICATIONS WITH WOODLAWN. 



If the use of the Receiving-tombs is desired by one 
who is not a proprietor, it can be had by depositing with 
the Treasurer or Superintendent the sum of ten dollars ; 
nine dollars of which will be allowed on the purchase of 
a lot. But, to prevent an abuse of this privilege by per- 
*sons not intending to become proprietors, no part of the 
deposit-money will be returned in case of a removal to 
any other cemetery. 



COMMUNICATIONS WITH WOODLAWN. 

LETTERS FOR WOODLAWN. 

Every evening, at seven o'clock, a special messenger 
visits the Post-office in Chelsea, and takes all communi- 
cations then found in the box of the Superintendent. 
These he conveys, at six o'clock the next morning, to 
Woodlawn ; so that a letter in the Superintendent's box 
(and not merely dropped into the Post-office) will thus 
reach the Cemetery early in the forenoon. 

If the attention of the Postmaster is called to it, he 
will very kindly place a letter in the proper box ; but, to 
insure a speedy delivery, it must be there before seven 
o'clock, P.M. 



OMNIBUS. BRH)rE8. SUPBKINTBNDEKT. 



101 



On every h.r 
excepted), an o-^ 
Chelsea " ' 
Mr. Fa 
Street, 

bus, and form* ther*. 
terv; ai 



clock, P. 



Tli 



The tnlli noTi 
Bride:?!^ 

the «.^ii' 



he Oharlestown .. 

the purpose of making 
for repairs. Those on 
bo removed in a few 



"TTIF Sin^TK-XTrNTENT. 



iht yupcriateadf; ui iS lusUHily to b< Ctaxe- 

tery ; but (vr - "^ ^ -r- ■* nlocky 

he will be a- . , Bow- 

doin Square, Boil< i; ; where the recoids, bills, and books 
of the corporation are kept, and where information may 
at all time« be obtained. 



>l£. 



OMNIBUS. BRIDGES. SUPERINTENDENT. 107 



THE OMNIBUS. 

On every fair day in the summer months (Sundays 
excepted), an omnibus will leave Winissimmet Square, 
Chelsea, at half-past two o'clock, p.m., for Woodlawn. 
Mr. Farnum's Chelsea coach, which leaves Brattle 
Street, Boston, at two o'clock, connects with this omni- 
bus, and forms thereby a line from Boston to the Ceme- 
tery ; and, returning, leaves Woodlawn at five o'clock, p.m. 

THE BRIDGES. 

The tolls now exacted on the Charlestown and Maiden 
Bridges are only temporary, for the purpose of making 
them public, and providing a fund for repairs. Those on 
the Chelsea Bridge will probably be removed in a few 
years by some similar arrangement. 

THE SUPERINTENDENT. 

The Superintendent is usually to be found at the Ceme- 
tery ; but every Saturday, between twelve and one o'clocJc, 
he will be at the Treasurer's office, Parkman House, Bow- 
doin Square, Boston ; where the records, bills, and books 
of the corporation are kept, and where information may 
at all times be obtained. 



108 PRICES. 



PRICES. 



As the prices for lots vary in different parts of the 
ground, and are liable to change from year to year, it is 
not thought advisable to name them in this book, which 
may last for several seasons. At present, they are much 
lower than in Mount Auburn or Forest Hills. 

The charges for single graves are as follows : — 

For a person over eight years of age $7.00 

For a child under three years of age 5.50 

For a child over three, and under eight, years of age 6.50 

These prices do not include the opening and closing of 
the grave. 

The charges for opening and closing graves are as 
follows : — 

For a person over eight years of age $2.00 

For a person under eight years of age 1.50 

If the coffin is enclosed in a box, one dollar extra for an 
adult, and fifty cents extra for a child, will be charged. 

For a deposit by a proprietor in Receiving-tombs . $1.00 
For a deposit by a person not a proprietor . . . 10.00 

Such deposit being only for a limited time. 



i<-- 



prices^ lor loU vaiy .a Uiiferent parts ot the 

giuaiKi, and are liable to change from year to year, it is 

not thought advisable to name them in this book, which 

nay last for several seasons. At present, they are much 

ower than in Mount Auburn or Forest Hills. 

The charr^es for single graves are as follows : — 



.-M 



ing of 
es ?or opening atid closing graves are as 



'■'•;; a person mat eight years of ag- . . $2.00 

son tinder eight years of ap- ... ]..") 

y i? endosed in a box, one dollar extra for an 
its extra for a child, will be charged. 

Vvi .. proprietor , . . 10. a- 

Such deposit ed time. 







AVENUES. 


109 




AVENUES 


• 


AXTONA 


. . from Gothic Avenue 


to Woodside Avenue. 


Beechwood . . , 


• • » 


Woodside Avenue 


„ Netherwood Avenue. 


Bloomingside. . 


• • )) 


Chapel Avenue 


„ Greenlawn Avenue. 


Carolwood . . . 


• • )» 


Highland Avenue 


„ Greenbank Avenue. 


Chapel 


• " )) 


Entrance Avenue 


„ Woodside Avenue. 


Chessom 


• • )) 


Oriole Avenue 


„ Carolwood Avenue. 


Choral 


• • » 


Greenbank Avenue 


„ Carolwood Avenue. 


Cordate 


• • )> 


Greenbank Avenue 


„ Carolwood Avenue. 


Cygxet 


• J) 


Chapel Hill 


„ Netherwood Avenue. 


Cypress 


• • j> 


Greenbank Avenue 


„ Savin Avenue. 


Entrance .... 


» 


Gatehouse 


„ Woodside Avenue. 


Evergreen . . . 


• )) 


Oriole Avenue 


„ Oriole Avenue. 


Flor,\l 


)> 


Woodside Avenue 


„ Chapel Avenue. 


Forest-Glade . 


• • » 


Netherwood Avenue 


„ Woodside Avenue. 


Glen 


• )» 


Sa\in Avenue 


„ Greenbank Avenue. 


Gothic 


• )» 


Woodside Avenue 


„ Chapel Avenue. 


Greenbank . . . 


)> 


Woodside Avenue 


„ Lakeside Avenue. 


Greenlawn . . . 


• » 


Mt. Moriah Avenue 


„ Chapel Hill. 



110 



AVENUES. 



HiGHLA>"D from Mt. Moriah Avenue 

Hillside „ Mt. Moriah Avenue 

HoLYEOOD „ Chapel Avenue 

Lakeside „ Greenbank Avenue 

Laurel „ Oriole Avenue 

MoiWT Moriah ... „ Entrance Avenue 

Netherwood .... „ Entrance Avenue 

Oakwood „ Woodside Avenue 

Ochella* „ Greenlawn Avenue 

Oriole „ Highland Avenue 

Ra"STNE „ Greenbank Avenue 

Savin „ Woodside Avenue 

Woodside , Entrance Avenue 

Yule „ Greenbank Avenue 



to Carolwood Avenue. 
„ Highland Avenue. 
„ Greenlawn Avenue. 
„ Sa\T[n Avenue. 
„ Greenlawn Avenue. 
„ Highland Avenue. 
„ Cygnet Avenue. 
„ Netherwood Avenue. 
,, Evergreen Avenue. 
„ Greenbank Avenue. 
„ Lakeside Avenue. 
„ Glen Avenue. 
„ Cygnet Avenue. 
„ Lakeside Avenue. 



* Auother uauie for " Yew.'' 







PATHS. 


1—1 

I— t 






r A T H s. 




Alkexna* . , . . 


. from Carolwood Avenue 


to Greenbank Avenue. 


Auburn 


»» 


Woodside Avenue 


„ Altona Avenue. 


Azure 


>» 


Sjlvan Path 


„ Sylvan Path. 


CJONSECRATION . . 


») 


Lakeside Avenue 


Around Pond. 


Edgewood . . . . 


)> 


Gothic Avenue 


„ Linnet Path. 


E\'ERGREEXS, ] 

Path of the i' 


)) 


Evergreen Avenue 


„ Oriole Avenue. 


Fountain . . . . 


» 


Sa\in Avenue 


„ Consecration Path. 


Greenbush . . . 


). 


Carolwood Avenue 


„ Linden Path, 


Linden 


)> 


Carolwood Avenue 


„ Cordate Avenue. 


Linnet 


» 


Auburn Path 


„ Azure Path. 


Nestling 


» 


Evergreen Avenue 


„ Evergreen Avenue. 


Portal 


• .) 


Forest-Glade Avenue 


„ Receiving-tombs. 


SYLV.iN 


» 


Altona Avenue 


„ Gothic Avenue. 


SiLA-ER Bell . . 


• >» 


Woodside Avenue 


„ Chapel Avenue. 


St. Mary's . . . 


• )j 


Greenbush Path 


„ Carolwood Avenue. 


Valambrosa . . . 


>» 


Woodside Avenue 


„ Netherwood Avenue. 


WiLDWOOB. . . . 


» 


Woodside Avenue 


„ Netherwood Avenue. 


Zephyr 


. „ 


Yule Avenue 


„ Fountain Path. 




* 


Name of " Egyptian Privet. 


» 



112 PROPRIETOKS. 


rROPRIETORS OF LOTS. 


PROPRIETORS. NUMBER. 


SITUATION. 


Adams, James 68 . 


. Auburn Path. 


Adams, Chester 








69 . 


. . Auburn Path. 


Adams, Asahel . . 








186 . 


. Path of the Evergreens. 


Adams, Samuel S. 








2-55 . 


. Evergreen Avenue. 


Allen, George, jun. 








113 . 


. Woodside Avenue. 


Allen, Hiram . . 








304 . 


. Edgewood Path. 


Anderson, Swen 








93 . 


. Evergreen Avenue. 


Atkins, Barney P. . 








2 . 


. Evergreen Avenue. 


Atkins, Isaiah M. . 








179 . 


. Auburn Path. 


Ayers, Elizabeth . 








305 . 


. Evergreen Avenue. 


Bazen, Richard C. . 








21 . 


. Chapel Avenue. 


Bay-State Lodge, No. 81 


1 




43 . 


. Evergreen Avenue. 


Baldwin-Place Church 






50 . 


. Savin Avenue. 


Baptist Church, First . 






66 . 


. Greenbank Avenue. 


Ball, Betsey F. . . 








76 . 


. Evergreen Avenue. 


Baker, George, M.D. 








74 . 


. Chapel Avenue. 


Bailey, Joshua S. . 








80 . 


. Choral Avenue. 


Barney, George T. . 








96 . 


. Sylvan Path. 


Bacon, Mrs. Josiah 








130 . 


. Auburn Path. 


Bailey, John N. 








155 . 


. Greenbank Avenue. 



PROPRIETORS OF LOTS. 



113 



PROPRIETORS. NUMBER. 

Bailey, Nancy A 188 

Bate.s Benjamin P 236 

Barton, William H 2o3 

Babb, Walter 275 

Bailey, Edmn 284 

Barnard, George A 357 

Bartlett, Mrs. Cleone M. . . 303 

Bailey, Ephraim 310 

Bean, Joshua 106 

Bethel Society, Boston Baptist . 87 

Bean, John 178 

Bliss, Eli C 51 

Blake, WilUam W 274 

Blanchard, Marshal .... 271 

Blaisdell, Samuel N 298 

Bowers, Alonzo 146 

Bowker, Daniel 222 

Bowker, Edmund 347 

Bragdon, Granville L. . . . 288 

Bradbury, Jonathan O. . . . 10 

Brown, John 90 

Bracket, Josiah 137 

Brown, George 190 

Brown, George W 193 

Brown, Albert F 232 

Brown, John M 259 

Brown, John M 319 

Bruce, Jonathan 269 

Bryant, John, jun 286 

Boardman, Joseph H. ... 363 

15 



SITUATION. 

Auburn Path. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Path of the Evergreens, 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Savin Avenue. 
Evergreen Avenue. 
Oriole Avenue. 
St. ]Mary's Path. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Everg. & Chessom Avs. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Greenbank Avenue. 
Chapel Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Oriole Avenue. 
Savin Avenue. 
Greenbank Avenue. 
Chessom Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Altona Avenue. 
Greenbank Avenue. 
Chapel Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Greenbank Avenue. 
Greenbank Avenue. 
Greenbank Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
St. Mary's Path. 



114 PROPRIETORS OF LOTS. 


PROPHIETORS. 


KCMBER. SITUATIOX. 


Butts, Noah 


14 . . . Woodside Avenue. 


Butts, George 


. 127 






Savin Avenue. 


Butterfield, James M. . . 


. 162 






Choral Avenue. 


Burrows, William .... 


. 184 






Savin Avenue. 


Burckes, George AV. . . . 


. 202 






Path of the Evergreens. 


Burk, Joseph 


. 324 






Carolwood Avenue, 


Burnham, Andrew E. . . . 


. 333 






Edgewood Path. 


Caswell, AVilliam .... 


8 






Woodside Avenue. 


Caswell, Jacob 


9 






Woodside Avenue. 


Caldwell, Moses H. . . . 


. 32 






Woodside Avenue. 


Caban, William 


. 112 






Floral Avenue. 


Caldwell, Timothy E. . . . 


. 103 






Floral Avenue. 


Carruth, Thomas H. . . . 


. 114 






Woodside Avenue. 


Cass, Clark C 


. 158 






Greenbank Avenue. 


Cass, Rufus 


. 270 






Evergreen Avenue. 


Carpenter, Cyrus .... 


. 176 






Akron Avenue. 


Capen, Samuel A 


. 233 






Woodside Avenue. 


Carter, Joseph 


. 294 






Zephjr Path. 


Children, Henry Estes . . 


3 






Path of the Evergi'eens. 


Chadbounie, Humphrey . . 


. 39 






Greenbank Avenue. 


Chadwick, Mrs. Elizabeth . 


. 41 






Greenbank Avenue. 


Chisholm, Alexander . . . 


. 248 






Path of the Evergreens. 


Clark, Cyrus T 


. 47 








Clark, James 


. 71 






Woodside Avenue. 


Clark, Joseph H 


. 199 






Path of the Evergreens. 


Cook, Isaac 


6 






Woodside Avenue. 


Couthouy, John S. ... 


. 30 






Woodside Avenue. 


Cox, Richard 


. 33 






Path of the Evergreens. 


Cobb, Cyrus 


. Ill 






Floral Avenue. 


Cobb, Rev. Sylvanus . . . 


. 82 






Greenbank Avenue. 

1 



PROPRIETORS OF LOTS. 



115 



PROPRIETORS. NUMBER. 

Coburn, Henry E 134 

Cole, Merrill 53 , 

Comey, Benjamin 208 

Corbett, Charles L 328 . 

Cruickshanks, James .... 62 

Croswell, Joseph P 102 , 

Curry, Charles A 44 . 

Cushing, Isaac C 57 . 

Cuthbertson, John 181 , 

Cummings, Mrs. Mary C. . . 182 , 

Currier, Daniel S 249 . 

Currier, John P 276 . 

Cushing, Francis H 285 , 

Clark, George G 352 

Dana, Henry 58 . 

Darling, Charles K 122 . 

Dale, EH G 291 . 

Dale, Samuel S 292 . 

Dearborn, Mrs. James . . . 225 . 

Demming, Edmund C. . . . 279 . 

Dix, James A 140 , 

Ditson, Thomas 157 . 

Dodge, Benjamin 239 . 

Dudley, George P 123 . 

Dufur, John R 201 . 

Eaton, John L 100 . 

Eastman, Joseph L 150 . 

Ellis, Joseph 56 . 

Elhs, Peter 322 . 

ElHot, Thomas G 368 . 



SITUATION. 

Savin Avenue. 
Choral Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Greenbank Avenue. 
Greenbank Avenue. 
Floral Avenue. 

Chapel Avenue. 
Greenbank Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Chessom Avenue. 
Chapel Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 

Chapel Avenue. 
Floral Avenue. 
Sylvan Path. 
Sylvan Path. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Chessom Avenue. 
Sylvan Path. 
Oriole Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Greenbank Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Sylvan Path. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Chapel Avenue. 
St. Mary's Path. 
Savin Avenue. 



116 



PROPRIETORS OF LOTS. 



PROPRIETORS. NUMBER. 

Emmons, Daniel 167 

Everdeen, Joseph 89 

Ewart, Archibald 227 

Fay, Frank B 373 

Farnum, Benjamin .... 128 

Fenlee, George 372 

Fisk, WilHam 214 

Fitzpatrick, Wilham .... 345 

Foster, Stephen W 110 

Forristall, Sylvender .... 73 

Forristall, Alexander .... 371 

Forsyth, James B. (M.D.) . . 256 

Foster, Ehj ah P 341 

Franklin Engine Company No. 7, 

Charlestown 206 

Fuller, Henry Weld .... 48 

Fuller, Daniel F. ..... 183 

Frost, William A. W. ... 365 

Gay, Thomas 37 

Gay, Timothy 46 

Gay, George L 180 

Gardner, Galen 277 

Gabriel, John 312 

Gerrish, Joseph 340 

Goodridge, George .... 12 

Goodwin, Samuel F 95 

Gove, Ebenezer S 177 

Gould, Salma E 212 

Gould, Corbin 361 

Gove, Moses I. . . . . . . 267 



SITUATION. 

Woodside Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Path of the Evergreens. 

Woodside Avenue. 
Edgewood Path. 
Woodside Avenue. 
St. Mary's Path. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Chapel Avenue. 
Edgewood Path. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 

Auburn Path. 
Altona Avenue. 
Greenbank Avenue. 
Savin Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 

Evergreen Avenue. 
Chapel Avenue. 
Evergreen Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Evergreen Avenue. 
Chessom Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Savin Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 



PROPRIETORS OF LOTS. 



117 



PROPRIETORS. NUMBER. 

Goodrich, Mrs. Mary . ... 251 

(iiooding, Samuel H 343 

Greenleaf, Thomas 11 

Guilford, Jonathan M. ... 281 

Harding, Edward 13 

Haddoway, John T 54 

Hart, Nathaniel 55 

Hacket, Jeremiah C 107 

Harvey, Darius 121 

Hayes, Jacob (M.D.) .... 98 

Harcourt, John 229 

Haskell, Thomas 254 

Harding, John 261 

Hammond, Mrs. John . . . 273 

Hancock, Samuel 272 

Hall, Zachariah 282 

Harrington, Jonathan . , . . 315 

Heard, Lucy 264 

Hervey, Jolm B 240 

Hendy, Mrs. Sarah . . . . 318 

Heath, Charles C 301 

Heath, Augustus H 335 

Heath, Nathaniel 336 

Hittinger, Michael 24 

Hill, Samuel P 116 

Hill, Eli 290 

Hodgkins, Levi 172 

Howland, Henry 213 

Howe, Mrs. Susan M. ... 238 

Horton, Reuben 360 



SITUATION. 

Path of the Evergreens. 
Evergreen Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Oriole Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Cypress Avenue. 
Cyjjress Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Floral Avenue. 
Auburn Path. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Savin Avenue. 
Auburn Path. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Chapel Avenue. 
Savin Avenue. 
Edgewood Path. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
St. Mary's Path. 
Chessom Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Chapel Avenue. 
Choral Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Evergreen Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
- Chapel Avenue. 



118 


PROPRIETORS OF LOTS. 


PROPRIETORS. 


NUMBER. 


SITUATION. 


Holbrook, William A. 


... 280 . . 


Evergreen Avenue. 


Howes, Ileuben . . 


... 321 . . 


Woodside Avenue. 


Hutchinson, Herman 


. . . . 52 . . 


Woodside Avenue. 


Hunniman, Catharine 


... 63 . . 


Chajjel Avenue. 


Hunt, Mary A. . . 


... 15 . . 


. Woodside Avenue. 


Huntingdon, WilHam 


... 197 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Hunt, Sylvester 


. . . . 297 . . 


Carolwood Avenue. 


Hyde, Mary . . . 


... 327 . . 


St. Mary's Path. 


Hosmer, Calvin . . 


. . . . 349 . . 


Carolwood Avenue. 


Jackson, Andrew . 


... 262 . . 


Altona Avenue. 


Jameson, Charles P. 


. . . . 332 . . 


St. Mary's Path. 


Jennings, Francis M. 


. . . . 171 . . 


Auburn Path. 


Jerauld, James W. 


. . . . 300 . . 


St. Mary's Path. 


Johnson, Lewis . . 


. . . . 26 . . 


Woodside Avenue. 


Josselyn, Asa H. . 


... 138 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Jones, Edward . . 


... 152 . . 


Evergreen Avenue. 


Johnson, William . 


. . . . 166 . . 


Greenbank Avenue. 


Johnson, John . . 


... 196 . . 


Evergreen Avenue. 


Kemlo, Francis . . 


... 99 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Keith, Robert . . 


... 117 . . 


Greenbank Avenue. 


Kelly, Patrick H. . 


... 195 . . 


Choral Avenue. 


Kennaston, Mary S. 


... 198 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Kelley, Morris . . 


... 230 . . 


Evergreen Avenue. 


Kimball, Harvey Z. 


... 156 . . 


Choral Avenue. 


ludder, James . . 


... 293 . . 


Evergreen Avenue. 


Knight, Charles 11. 


... 78 . . 


Evergreen Avenue. 


Knowles, Thomas . 


... 86 . . 


Woodside Avenue. 


Kendall, Joshua 


351 . . 




Lane, WiUiam . . 


. . . 136 . . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Lane, Samuel . . 


... 264 . . 


Evergreen Avenue. 



PROPRIETORS OF LOTS. 119 


PROPRIETORS. 


NUMBER. 


SITUATION. 


Lamson, William A. . . . 


309 . . 


Woodside Avenue. 


Levi, Simon 


2G3 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Leman, R. Nathaniel .... 


356 . . 


Chapel Avenue. 


Litchfield, Nicholas .... 


242 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Littlefiekl, Calvin A 


339 . . 


Carolwood Avenue. 


Litchfield, T. Harvey . . . 


355 . . 


Chapel Avenue. 


Logan, William H 


219 . . 


Evergreen Avenue. 


Lynde, James 


36 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Loomis, B. Jason 


354 . . 


Savin Avenue. 


Matthews, David 1*. . . . 


20 . . 


Chapel Avenue. 


Mattox, Henry 


27 . . 


Evergreen Avenue. 


Magoun, Joshua 


84 . . 


Floral Avenue. 


Marsh, Thomas C 


124 . . 


Evergreen Avenue. 


Mayo, Uriel K 


135 . . 


Altona Avenue. 


Mason, Charles B 


143 . . 


Evergreen Avenue. 


Mackie, Mrs. Thomas . . . 


164 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Martin, Benjamin T 


234 . . 


Woodside Avenue. 


Masonic Lodge, Mount Tabor 


247 . . 


Evergreen Avenue. 


Matthews, James T. . . . 


258 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Methodist Epis. Church, First 


49 . . 


Greenbank Avenue. 


Merrill, Harum 


109 . . 


Woodside Avenue. 


Merritt, George I 


209 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Merriani, Otis 


223 . . 


Savin Avenue. 


Men-iam, Liberty .... 


224 . . 


. Savin Avenue. 


Metcalf, Marcus A. . . . 


251 . . 


Chapel Avenue. 


Meserve, Hopley T. . . . 


331 . . 


Woodside Avenue. 


Mitchell, Jacob 


149 . . 


Auburn Path. 


Mills, Christopher S. . . . 


160 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Miskelly, James .... 


161 . . 


Woodside Avenue. 


Mills, James L., jun 


220 . . 


Savin Avenue. 



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PROPRIETORS OF LOTS. 



PROPRIETORS. NUMBER. 

Mills, Isaac B 221 

Miner, Matthias 211 

M'Math, John 38 

M'Clure, John 65 

M'Connell, James 241 

M'Pherson, William I. . . . 246 

M'Kay, Nathaniel 323 

INIoore, Francis L 159 

Moffat, Kichardson .... 18 

Moses, Joseph T 316 

Mullet, Charles T. and John . 23 

Murphy, Daniel S 348 

Nelson, Nehcmiah 205 

Norton, Albert 217 

Oliver, John 306 

Oliver, John, jun 289 

Osgood, Zephania 34 

Parker, Joseph H 367 

Page, Ahdn R 94 

Page, Philip C 118 

Page, Benjamin 317 

Parke, WiUiam C 126 

Park, Richard F 218 

Payson, Samuel (heirs of ) . . 31 

Peck, John 1 

Perkins, Benjamin T 67 

Pendergast, George S. . . . 133 

Peterson, Peter C 194 

Peaslee, John N 243 

Pearce, George W 265 



SITUATION. 

Savin Avenue. 
Choral Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Carolwood Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Chapel Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Woodside Avenue. 
St. Mary's Path. 
Savin Avenue. 
Savin Avenue. 
St. Mary's Path, 
Savin Avenue. 
Evergreen Avenue. 
Carolwood Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Evergreen Avenue. 
Carolwood Avenue. 
Floral Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
AVoodside Avenue. 
Evergreen Avenue. 
Evergreen Avenue. 
Savin Avenue. 
Chapel Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Evergreen Avenue. 



PROPRIETOKS OF LOTS. 



121 



PROPRIETORS. NUMBER. SITUATION. 

Pierce, William W 7 . . . Woodside Avenue. 

Piercey, Henry C 59 . . . Floral Avenue. 

Pinkham, Mrs. Lois .... 372 . . . Edgewood Path. 

Pitman, Daniel 70 . . . Chapel Avenue. 

Pigeon, Henry 307 . . . Altona Avenue. 

Plummer, Eben M 83 . . . Chessom Avenue. 

Pottle, Jonathan W 79 . . . Greenbank Avenue. 

Pool, Benjamin C 308 . . . Altona Avenue. 

Pratt, Nathaniel 5 . . . Woodside Avenue. 

Pratt, Edward 19 . . . Woodside Avenue. 

Pratt, Oliver S 81 . . . Evergreen Avenue. 

Pratt, Caleb 1 15 . . . Choral Avenue. 

Pratt, Isaac 174 .. . Path of the Evergreens. 

Pratt, Samuel 175 .. . Path of the Evergreens. 

Prescott, William 153 .. . Greenbank Avenue. 

Punchard, Thomas .... 148 . . . Evergreen Avenue. 

Raj-, Peter W 25 . . . Woodside Avenue. 

Rand, Mrs. Mary 97 . . . Evergreen Avenue. 

Raymond, William .... 268 . . . Woodside Avenue. 

Read, Josiah M 326 . . . Woodside Avenue. 

Ricker, Daniel J 129 .. . Evergreen Avenue. 

Rich, Isaiah A 145 . . . Greenbank Avenue. 

Riley, Hugh 192 .. . Auburn Path. 

Riblet, Cornelius 302 . . . Evergreen Avenue. 

Rogers, Artemas W 375 . . . Oriole Avenue. 

Rogers, Charles B 104 . . . Sylvan Path. 

Rogers, John W. H 342 . . . Carohvood Avenue. 

Russell, Stephen B 210 .. . Path of the Evergreen.s. 

Rudd, WilHam H 287 .. . Savin Avenue. 

Rugg, George H 320 . . . Carohvood Avenue. 

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122 PROPRIETORS OF LOTS. 


PROPRIETORS. NUMBER. 


SITUATION. 


Sawin, Francis 64 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Sanborn, John . . . 






141 . . 


Woodside Avenue. 


Sanborn, Erastus W. . 






252 . . 


Chapel Avenue. 


Savage, Mary A. . . 






204 . . 


Evergreen Avenue. 


Sampson, Thomas . . 






278 . . 


Gothic Avenue. 


Sargent, George . . 






296 . . 


Carolwood Avenue. 


Scott, John M. . . . 






325 . . 


St. Mary's Path. 


Sewell, Moses B. . . 






17 . . 


Chapel Avenue. 


Severance, Sargeant F. 






231 . . 


Woodside Avenue. 


Shaw, B. Nathaniel . 






366 . . 


Edgewood Path. 


Shepherd, William 






45 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Shipley, ^'Irs. Simon G. 






77 . . 


Greenbank Avenue. 


Sherburne, John . . 






165 . . 


Oriole Avenue. 


Shute, Richard . . . 






313 . . 


St. Mary's Path. 


Sherman, Thomas . . 






173 . . 


Chapel Avenue. 


Shaw, Susan . . . 






120 . . 


Cypress Avenue. 


Simonds, Francis . . 






29 . . 


Woodside Avenue. 


Sisson, Francis . . . 






187 . . 


Auburn Path. 


Skinner, Henry 0. 






4 . . 


Woodside Avenue. 


Smith, Oliver . . . 






101 . . 


Sylvan Path. 


Smith, Mrs. John . . 






105 . . 


Sjlvan Path. 


Smith, Charles H. . . 






228 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Smith, Samuel . . . 






215 . . 


Aubm-n Path. 


Smith, Lewis G. . . 






295 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


Snow, Zenas . . . 






125 . . 


Woodside Avenue. 


Spade, Wilham . . . 






245 . . 


Path of the Evergreens. 


StanAvood, William E. 






163 . . 


Evergreen Avenue. 


Stone, Nathaniel . . 






299 . . 


Evergreen Avenue. 


Stiles, John .... 






61 . . 


Savin Avenue. 


Stinipson, George . . 






168 . . 


Altona Avenue. 



PROPRIETORS OF LOTS. 



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PROPRIETORS. NUMBER. 

Stevens, Levi F 185 

Stevens, Jesse 216 

Straw, Milton 237 

Sweetser, John 154 

Swan, Joseph 364 

Taylor, John 92 

Taylor, Dolphin D 4 

Taylor, Henry 200 

Taylor, James H 311 

Taylor, John 329 

Tenney, Robert G 151 

Tenney, John H 314 

Thayer, Charles G 72 

Tuttle, Mrs. Eliza H 144 

Turk, Eben 203 

Tylor, Sally 207 

Tynes, Timothy 344 

Underwood, Elizabeth . . . 119 

Upham, Henry C 235 

"Wallace, William 359 

Ward, Edward 16 

Waters, William, jun. ... 139 
Warren Fire Association (See 

"Jackson") 262 

Weeman, Eli P 35 

West, Thomas Y 91 

West, Charles 169 

West, Charles 369 

Webb, Miss Mary 170 

Webster, Wniiam W. ... 334 



SITUATIOK. 

Auburn I*ath. 
Evergreen Avenue. 
Yule Avenue. 
Edgewood Path. 
Sa\in Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
St. Mary's Path. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Greenbank Avenue. 
Savin Avenue. 
Savin Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Evergreen Avenue. 
Oriole Avenue. 
St. Mary's Path. 
Altona Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Edgewood Path. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 

Altona Avenue. 
Evergreen Avenue. 
Floral Avenue. 
Evergreen Avenue. 
Chessom Avenue. 
Savin Avenue. 
Evergreen Avenue. 



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PROPRIETORS OF LOTS. 



PROPRIETORS. NUMBER. 

Whiltier, Seth 108 

Whitaker, Stephen .... 358 

"Wheeler, JosejA 131 

White, Ebenezer 370 

Whiting, Ohver R 147 

Whiting, Harry 189 

Whiting, Samuel 191 

Whitten, Isaiah 226 

Whorf, James 244 

Whittlesey, Corriden M. . . . 250 

Wheelock, EUW 362 

Whitman, Jeremiah .... 330 

Wilson, William W 42 

WiUviiis, James 142 

Wild, Charles D 260 

Willis, George W 266 

Winslow, William 283 

Winthrop Church, East Boston . 85 

Wright, Eli M 346 

Wyman, Artemas 88 

WelHngton, W. Charles ... 353 



SITUATION. 

Woodside Avenue. 
Carolwood Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Edgewood Path. 
Oriole Avenue. 
Chessom Avenue. 
Edgewood Path. 
Sylvan Path. 
Woodside Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Oriole Avenue. 
St. Mary's Path. 
Greenbank Avenue. 
Woodside Avenue. 

Evergreen Avenue. 
Edgewood Path. 
Choral Avenue. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Path of the Evergreens. 
Savin Avenue. 



ADDENDA. 



Badger, Willard 377 .. . Edgewood Path. 

Holmes, Jacob R 376 . . . Chapel Avenue. 

Rogers, Joseph A 378 . . . Oriole Avenue. 



OFFICERS OF THE COUPORATIOX. 125 



T 11 U S T E E S. 



^Drrsilient. 
Hex. JAMES ADAMS, Chauli:;stowx. 

BENJAMIN A. GOULD, Esq Bosxu.v. 

JACOB SLEEPER, Esq Boston. 

THOMAS WIGGLES WORTH, Es^ Boston. 

ALBERT BOWKER, Esq East Boston. 

Hon. GEORGE W. WARREX Charlestown. 

THOMAS GREENLEAF, Esq Charlestown. 

ISAAC STEBBINS, Esq Chelsea. 

DANIEL P. WISE, Esq Malden. 

treasurer. 

HENRY W. FULLEIl Boston. 

Office, — Parkumii House, Bowdoiu Square. 

Srri'ctarw. 

SIMON LEVI Boston. 

SujjcrinlrnOint. 

JAMES CRUICKSHANKS Woodlawn. 



*»* The Superintendent is authorized to settle any bills, and has the charge of the 
extensive Nursery connected with the Cemetery. 



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